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Social Innovation Conversations brings your the voices of the people at the forefront of creating social change in the world. Hear their experience in social entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, responsible investing, and more. The channel hosts interviews, panels, and high-level speeches from world-class speakers such as Al Gore, Amory Lovins, Paul Farmer, Jed Emerson, and Alice Tepper Marlin. Social Innovation Conversations is part of the Conversations Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit podcast network.
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- William Brindley - Collaborating to Wire NGOsYesterday
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Aid organizations around the world are learning that they can solve their technology and infrastructure problems faster and cheaper together than on their own. Enabling that collaboration is NetHope, a nonprofit information technology consortium helping NGOs establish the technology "ecosystems" they need to serve constituencies in more than 150 countries. Eric Nee interviews Bill Brindley, CEO of NetHope, on how the consortium got started, how it works, and how it is expanding its mission.
- Good Measures Conference - Evaluation for LearningNovember 23
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Nonprofits tend to collect a great deal of evaluative data but often have no idea how to use it to assess their performance--particularly because doing so properly is a complicated process requiring serious social sciences knowledge. In this panel, part of the Stanford Social Innovation Review's conference on evaluation, two experts talk about how an organization may better use such data--as well as "external" information in the form of theory and advice--to create a "culture of inquiry" focused on learning and improvement.
- Carol Larson - Assessing Performance and Refining StrategyNovember 17
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What does it take to keep a large foundation focused on evaluation for self-improvement? As part of the Stanford Social Innovation Review's conference on evaluation, Carol Larson, CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, shares tools, lessons, and strategies for assessing performance to create a "culture of inquiry." Organizational qualities such as innovation, collaboration among stakeholders, and freedom to make "mistakes" are critical elements to foster an effective learning enterprise.
- What's the Impact of This All? - Assessing ImpactNovember 11
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Are you making a difference? Do you add value to your constituents' lives? Are you as effective as possible per dollar output? These are all likely, and potentially useful questions to answer if you're a social entrepreneur or a funding organization. In this interactive 2008 Skoll World Forum session, a talented, experienced panel discusses the challenges of social enterprises and how metrics can impact organizational learning, innovation, and lead to greater resource utilization.
- Good Measures Conference - Evaluation in the Nonprofit SectorNovember 10
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Evaluation is one of the most powerful mechanisms a nonprofit organization can use to unlock its potential, become more effective, and achieve success. But traditional evaluation methods are expensive, require thorough knowledge of the social sciences, and take a good deal of time to perform. In this part of the Stanford Social Innovation Review's conference on evaluation, Mark Kramer details how nonprofits can better incorporate evaluation to achieve their mission and bring about social change.