While the idea of “capturing hope” isn’t one that totally resonates with us, the idea of “work happening at the speed of trust” does. This video from Exponent Partners highlights reflections from funders on meaningful metrics – like relationship, trust building, and the kind of long term partnership that it takes to create real and…
Can love be the right metric for a billion dollar philanthropy? While this post by Suzanne Guillette seems to argue both for and against this premise – I propose that love can be a metric for authentic partnerships, particularly when power and money are involved. While we and many others in the sector have chorused that multi-year,…
Our partners at IDEX have found a perfect marriage between values for equity and recipes to warm the soul this season. Check out and try out these amazing dishes that come with stories of solidarity from all over the globe. What is your recipe for social change? Over the last 30 years, IDEX has learned…
This article was first published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. We wanted to repost this article because we like how it walks people through the processes they use and how they are linking trust with impact. Participants in a large, complex collaboration can build a capacity for finding common ground—and it doesn’t have to take…
This article was originally published on TWI grantee Building Movement Project’s blog. We definitely feel it’s worth reposting. We’ve also added BMP’s latest report to our inspiration section. Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Recently, the nonprofit sector has been buzzing about the idea of feedback loops. Nonprofits are adapting customer feedback models from the private sector…