Worth Repeating

“The Social Innovation Fund may be the signature philanthropic effort of the Obama era. And the competition is not among nonprofits applying for new money, but among foundations and other large intermediaries vying for the Administration's coveted seal of approval." -Rick Cohen, Blue Avocado

Cross-Sector Thinking: Clay Shirky and Dan Pallotta on the transformation of the media industry and the nonprofit sector

By Rebecca Robinson, Springboard Media Team Member
Media sage/prophet/futurist/demigod Clay Shirky wrote a piece recently entitled “The Collapse of Complex Business Models.” While it’s ostensibly about the media industry, it’s also reflective of the nonprofit sector’s current state of affairs, and struck me yesterday as strongly resonant with ReVV keynoter Dan Pallotta’s arguments that the sector [...]

April 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: REVV 2010 Conference, Social Innovation Models, Springboard News, Uncategorized | 2 comments

REGISTER NOW

LAST CALL
A unique conference on innovation
ReVisioning Value 2010 Purpose/Profit/People/Planet
Join us Monday, April 26th
%40 discount code: Springboard
Register Now

April 22nd, 2010 | Category: REVV 2010 Conference, Springboard News, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Just Ten Days Away

The ReVisioning Value 2010 conference is just ten days away.
Are you a non-profit, a student, a teacher, a small business owner, a community activist? Are you interested in the environment, social justice, economic justice, sustainability? Are you an investor curious about innovation and social entrepreneurship?
It is not to late to register. Come to learn, to [...]

April 16th, 2010 | Category: REVV 2010 Conference, Social Innovation Forums, Social Innovation Models, Springboard News, Uncategorized, Who are social innovators? | Leave a comment

The On-Ramp of Innovation

The innovative new businesses and organizations we hear about in the news have reached a point where they have gathered excitement and interest. This interest has been backed by money, either an investment or a grant; these organizations are ready to expand their reach, extend their market. Most likely they have spent several grueling years [...]

April 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: REVV 2010 Conference, Springboard News, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Old Dogs and New Tricks

We can’t just rely on new social entrepreneurial ventures to create change in the world; systems need to be challenged and changed from within and with out. Intrepreneurship, a term coined by entrepreneur and founder of Bainbridge Graduate Institute Gifford Pinchot III, refers to individuals and groups within organizations allowed the freedom to create and [...]

April 1st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: REVV 2010 Conference, Springboard News, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Building an Ecosystem for Innovation

An ecosystem is most often thought of in environmental terms as the interactions and relationships between plant, animal, and insect species with each other and their environment. Humans and their systems and institutions are frequently not considered in this understanding of ecosystem.
In ecological terms it is at the edge, where distinct ecosystems meet, that we [...]

March 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Innovative Cities, REVV 2010 Conference, Springboard News, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Older Entries »