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David Bornstein, the author of the acclaimed book How to Change the World, now writes a weekly feature called "Fixes" for the New York Times.
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Harlem's Children's Zone has come under fire recently by studies showing they may not be as effective as people thought. But this post has me wondering if HCZ is a case of the creative tension between measuring and maximizing impact. Their goal to provide "cradle to college" services is likely higher impact, but harder to measure then simply striving to raise test scores.
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The gutsy Engineers Without Borders publishes an annual "failure report" of areas where they didn't met their own expectations. Very cool. Gives me confidence in their organization. (hat tip GiveWell)
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Nell Edgington offers a useful graphic and post on why a nonprofit's impact is greatest when their core competencies meet a community need, outside of areas where competitors are strong.
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Larry Blumenthal, formerly social media expert at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is building a list of all foundations that blog.
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Nathaniel Whittemore argues that the traditional social sector failures are due to a lack of focus on design (as in product design/Design Thinking).
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Stephanie Strom authors an important article about problems that have cropped up at Global Giving and other non-profit/for profit hybrid business models.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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