Comments on: Lessons for Philanthropists http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/03/lessons-for-philanthropists-4 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/03/lessons-for-philanthropists-4/comment-page-1#comment-2900 Dave Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:11:30 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/03/lessons-for-philanthropists-4#comment-2900 Amen. I think the nonprofit community spends far too many resources reinventing the wheel. There are so many wonderful models out there, let's focus on ways of replicating and scaling those high impact initiatives. Some of my favorite places to look for great ideas: <a href="http://www.ashoka.org" rel="nofollow">Ashoka Fellows</a> <a href="(http://www.fastcompany.com/social/2008/index.html)" rel="nofollow">Social Capitalist Awards</a> <a href="http://www.citizenbase.org" rel="nofollow">Citizen Base Examples</a> <a href="http://changemakers.net/en-us/node" rel="nofollow">Changemaker's Competitions</a> <a href="http://socialvc.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=139&parentID=10&nodeID=1" rel="nofollow">GSVC Competition Winners</a> Amen. I think the nonprofit community spends far too many resources reinventing the wheel. There are so many wonderful models out there, let’s focus on ways of replicating and scaling those high impact initiatives. Some of my favorite places to look for great ideas:

Ashoka Fellows
Social Capitalist Awards
Citizen Base Examples
Changemaker’s Competitions
GSVC Competition Winners

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