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Carla Dearing writes up Fast Company’s article about efficient social capital markets.
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Chris Cardona, guest blogging on White Courtesy Telephone, mentions that the Gates Foundation’s new hires are mostly from outside of the philanthropic sector and comments on the implications.
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Albert Ruesga questions whether looking at the “ROI” of charitable dollars shortchanges less tangible value generated by philanthropy.
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Michael Seltzer, guest blogging on PhilanTopic thinks “embedded giving”, coined by Lucy Bernholz and used by Stephanie Strom in the NY Times draws a connection between charity and the war in Iraq. I don’t think that’s what Lucy had in mind…
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Martin Kearns wonders if foundations follow the “flock” model of birds and other animals. If so, Kearns thinks they need to change models (hat tip to Phil Cubeta).
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In case you haven’t run across Social Edge yet, this site has lots of interesting commentary.
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Social Entrepreneur Gary Erikson, founder of Clif Bar, relates the difficulties of being offered $60 million for your company.