Successful Scaling Requires Staffing Plan
Gayle A. Brandel, President/CEO, Professionals for NonProfitsAs I listened to the impressive speakers at the Social Impact Exchange Conference: Taking Successful Innovation to Scale, I was excited by...
View ArticleSocial Impact Exchange Conference on Scaling: What's Next?
Yves Salama, CEO of Charity MatrixIt's hard to imagine an inaugural conference spurring more thought, discussion and contacts than spurred by the Social Impact Exchange Conference on bringing nonprofit...
View ArticleLearn From Micro-credit Mistakes: Grow Wisely
With the Social Impact Exchange Conference coming soon, I want to keep the focus on scaling well rather than just getting bigger. As I wrote before, the micro-credit industry provides examples of the...
View ArticleGovernment as a Catalyst for Change and Scaling
Stephen Goldsmith, deputy mayor of New York City, sees government as the catalyst for bringing effective nonprofits to scale. Its role will not be to provide direct services, he said, but to create...
View ArticleIntermediaries Can Leverage Impact of Philanthropic $$$
It may seem like that dreadful “overhead,” but using an intermediary to put together funding options for scaling a nonprofit … well, it’s an investment in expertise, not a frivolous expense. That was...
View ArticleScaling In Times of Tight Money: What Can We Do?
Big solutions – scaling – is needed for big societal challenges, such as housing, health and education, according to Gara LaMarche, president and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies. LaMarche was the...
View ArticleSix Nonprofits That Have Successfully Scaled: Hats Off!!
It was called “Scaling In Action,” but it was really about giving the best and brightest in nonprofits going to scale the opportunity to address an audience of funders at the June 14 Symposium On...
View ArticleHaving the Potential to Scale
This year’s Social Impact Exchange conference was a great opportunity to bring people together from traditional philanthropy and donor advised funds, as well as high net worth individuals, to engage...
View ArticleBusiness Plan For Nonprofit Growth: Planning for Scale
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a 7-part series on Developing A Growth Business Plan. The series is based on presentations made at the Social Impact Exchange Symposium on Scaling Impact held June...
View ArticleBusiness Plan for Nonprofit Growth: Organization and Infrastructure
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth of a 7-part series on Developing A Growth Business Plan. The series is based on presentations made at the Social Impact Exchange Symposium on Scaling Impact held June...
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