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Building a Performance Measurement System: Using Data to Accelerate Social Impact
Our newest how-to guide offers practical advice on how to build your own performance measurement system to accelerate your social impact.
This guide provides an introduction to business planning, drawing on our consulting engagements with dozens of organizations and our work with our own social enterprise initiatives.
Advancing Social Entrepreneurship: Recommendations for Policy Makers and Government Agencies
A Root Cause/Aspen Institute Report [also available in Mandarin Chinese]
This report provides 13 recommendations and accompanying models to be used as tools by government leaders who are committed to spurring and supporting social innovation and entrepreneurship.
Social Entrepreneurship & Government: A New Breed of Entrepreneurs Developing Solutions to Social Problems
This chapter of the U.S. Small Business Administration's annual report to the president of the United States provides an overview of social entrepreneurship in America and recommendations for collaborating with government.
The Boston Nonprofit Sector's Quest for Organizational Effectiveness
This paper provides an in-depth look at how Boston's nonprofits are seeking to build organizational effectiveness and what needs exist in the sector.
2010 Social Impact Investment Prospectus
Check out our 2010 Social Innovators' unique approaches to solving social problems in the Greater Boston area.
2009 Social Impact Investment Prospectus
Learn about the work of our 2009 Social Innovators as they address pressing social problems throughout the Greater Boston area.
2008 Social Innovators Key Measures Report: Learning from Performance Measurement
This report highlights the work of our 2008 Social Innovators as they piloted our annual Key Measures process, reporting quarterly on progress on a number of programmatic, organizational, and social impact indicators.
2008 Social Impact Report Card
This report card, released in March of 2009, shows the growth and impact of our Social Innovation Forum initiative and the Social Innovators we showcase through it.
2007 Social Impact Report Card
2006 Social Impact Report Card
This 2006 interview with founder Andrew Wolk makes the case for the Social Innovation Forum.
This case study describes how Bonnie CLAC (Car Loans and Counseling) uses a market-based approach to "help people from all walks of life get the most car for their money" − and to break the cycle of poor financial decision making in the process.
This case study describes ITNAmerica's solution to the problem of how to keep older Americans mobile and independent as their abilities to drive decline.
Case Study: WriteBoston: Moving from Free to Fee
This case study describes how one organization implemented an increase of fees for its services, while outlining the steps to take and factors to consider for other organizations seeking to do the same.
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