When it comes to networking, what happens at the IS conference doesn’t stay at the IS Annual Conference. It can impact your work well into the future.
Thank
you @IndSector for a great experience! I leave #inspired #exhausted
#hopeful #overwhelmed #challenged and as a #changemaker. - @mobilizer -
David B. Smith, National Conference on Citizenship
Yes, rave reviews come in all forms. Our conference goers send out super tweets.
Guest post by Irv Katz, president and CEO of the National Human Services Assembly
I assume many Independent Sector members and readers of this blog have seen the Washington Post op-ed
by Bridgespan’s Daniel Stid. Harking back to Eisenhower’s warning of a
Military Industrial Complex, Stid suggests that human services in the
U.S. now comprise a Social Services Industrial Complex, which is, by
extension, comparable to the Military Industrial Complex. The metaphor
is clever but the case is sketchy at best.
Guest post by Jitinder Kohli, Douglas J. Besharov, and Kristina Costa
Social
Impact Bonds are the #1 philanthropy buzzword of 2011 according to the
Chronicle of Philanthropy. So what’s all the fuss about? And how can the
concept help the nonprofit sector?
In essence, Social Impact Bonds are an arrangement between government and an outside organization in which the government defines one or more outcomes and promises to pay a sum of money if they are achieved. The government commits to cooperate with the outside organization’s efforts to achieve the outcome, and also promises to leave it free to devise and implement its strategy.
Why should our staffs reflect the diverse mosaic of communities across America? Find out in Diana’s blog.
Guest post by Laura Callanan, Consultant, Social Sector Office, McKinsey and Company
In 2010, McKinsey & Company released the findings from our Learning for Social Impact initiative. The importance of a learning culture was highlighted as critical to making social impact assessment successful within an organization.
