May
29
“Bet on good people doing good things,” was the advice Jeff Skoll
received from Independent Sector Founder John W. Gardner as he moved
from his life as a tech giant at eBay into the world of philanthropy.
Now almost 12 years later, Jeff Skoll will join us at the Independent
Sector Annual Conference in San Francisco to accept the 2012 John W.
Gardner Leadership Award.
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May
17
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.
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May
11
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.
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May
10
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.
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May
1
Why should our staffs reflect the diverse mosaic of communities across America? Find out in Diana’s blog.
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