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Calling all Congressional Champions…
Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by Andrew.
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As the Obama Administration gets ready to launch an Office of Social Innovation, it will be equally important to introduce members of the U.S. House and Senate to the importance of investing in what works. I have had the pleasure of working with Greg Werkheiser, the founder and Executive Director of the Phoenix Project, for [...]
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About Andrew’s Blog
Somewhere, right now, in different parts of the world, we know what works to solve many of society's critical issues. But what we lack is the infrastructure, systems, policies, institutions, and measures to advance those solutions in ways that can benefit many. It will take all three sectors of society - public, nonprofit, and private - working together to better invest taxes and philanthropic dollars, as well as to better utilize markets in more creative and strategic ways. This blog will explore this journey. For more on Andrew's work, please visit Root Cause's website at www.rootcause.org.
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- From Andrew Wolk: "Response to comments on my Michelle Rhee Post" http://bit.ly/qW9E6 #perfmeas about 1 day ago from web
- RT @ersilberstein: Inspiring day interviewing applicants for @onestarfdn 's Social Innovation initiative! about 2 days ago from TweetDeck
- RT @ersilberstein: Great time tag-teaming w/superstar @SCaldwell & learning about @DallasSVP efforts to advance social innovation in N. TX about 2 days ago from TweetDeck
- RT @ersilberstein: Exciting partnership w/ @onestarfdn @DallasSVP @rootcause Stars are aligned, see the big impact Dec10 @ GNLC about 2 days ago from TweetDeck
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- America Forward
- Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
- Change.org/Social Entrepreneurship
- Give and Take
- Innovate2Uplift
- Paul Brest on the Huffington Post
- Philanthrocapitalism
- Philanthropy 2173
- PhilanTopic
- Pop!Tech
- Public Innovators
- REDF Blog
- Social Edge Blogs
- Stanford Social Innovation Review Opinion Blog
- Tactical Philanthropy