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Tag Archives: metrics in philanthropy
Dashboards for Philanthropy / #2
My first post on “dashboards for philanthropy” has been the most visited of all my posts, and it leads the Google hit parade on that subject. Because there’s interest in it, I’m exploring it further. So far we’re at the … Continue reading
Permitting Solutions to Flourish
“Funders themselves put up barriers to progress,” a lament heard [again!] at a recent Organizers Roundtable convened by the Twin Cities Alliance for Metropolitan Stability. Even funders who claim to be in the business of tackling big systemic problems insist … Continue reading
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Tagged metrics in philanthropy, philanthropic outcomes, philanthropy, progress, system change
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Why business thinking is not the answer
“We must reject the idea – well-intentioned but dead wrong – that the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become ‘more like a business.’” This is Jim Collins’ opening statement in Good to Great And the … Continue reading
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Tagged bottom lines, Good to Great in the Social Sectors, graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Jim Collins, Johns Hopkins University, metrics in philanthropy, nonprofit and public programs, Program Development and Evaluation, results orientation in philanthropy
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