Guest post by Caroline McAndrews, Director of Research & Documentation, Building Movement Project

Figuring out what data to collect, how to collect it, and how to make sense of it in order to build impact was the theme of the 90-second poster presentations from discussion leaders at the Data 360 session. In her opening, Fay Twersky of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation touched on one of the biggest challenges in the room – not just collecting information, but engaging others in using and analyzing it, and ultimately employing it to make better decisions.

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Guest post by Mark Turner, Director of Public Policy, Colorado Nonprofit Association

Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation at the White House, started off the session by expressing his appreciation for presenting at the IS Public Policy Action Institute immediately following the election. He said that his office wants to be a partner with the social sector.  

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By Térèse Coudreaut, Human Resources Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The session, facilitated by James Weinberg, founder and CEO of Commongood Careers, covered the topic of turnover and what it means, both positive and negative, for our organizations. Panelists included Don Aguilar, vice president of human resources at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Rafael Lopez, associate director for talent and leadership development at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and James Siegal, executive vice president and COO for KaBOOM!

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Cara Underwood, Senior Program and Public Policy Manager, Southern California Grantmakers

This afternoon, Independent Sector brought together attendees from the Public Policy Action Institute (PPAI) and NGen Pre-Conference for the Luncheon Keynote and Conversation with a Sector Leader to hear from two of the field's greatest champions about leadership, policy, and the future of our sector.

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Guest post by Lauren Kay, Communications Manager, Community Partners

Should new legal structures (B corporations were the primary focus) be created to make way for new business hybrids that allow for a bottom line concerned not just with profit, but social good as well?

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