BRIGHTEST MINDS 2012: Featuring Economist Susan Raymond
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10/4/2012
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9:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Pew Charitable Trusts 901 E Street NW |
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Register for this event
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Social Sector Innovation: A Response to Our Economic Reality
Are you ready for the leadership opportunity of a lifetime? Join us for Social Sector Innovation: Responding to Our Economic Reality with Dr. Susan Raymond. Some people might not define current economic challenges as just such an opportunity, but Dr. Raymond does. In fact, she thinks it is the perfect time for the social sector to expand its critical role in our community by emphasizing innovation in how, where, and why resources are allocated to problem solving. With belt-tightening happening on the federal and local government levels, and among many philanthropies and nonprofits large and small, the time for new and innovative approaches to social problem solving is now – for both foundations and their nonprofit grantees. By examining the “evolution” of philanthropy – from traditional grantmaking, to venture philanthropy, to entirely new kinds of “impact investing” – participants will be able to more effectively prepare for and address the difficult economic reality we are in, and ensure the social sector’s sustainability into the future.
ABOUT DR. RAYMOND
Dr. Susan Raymond is executive vice president of Changing Our World, a consulting firm for nonprofits, grantmakers, and philanthropists. She was a well-received speaker at WRAG’s 2008 annual meeting and has extensive experience in research, analysis, and planning. She has written three books on philanthropy, including her most recent book,
Finance for Hard Times: Nonprofit Revenue Strategies in Economic Crisis (2009). Dr. Raymond has written extensively in the areas of philanthropy, economics, health care and corporate responsibility.
REGISTRATION
WRAG members: free
Non-member grantmakers and nonprofit organizations: $40. Click the link above to pay via credit card, or contact Rebekah Seder at
seder@washingtongrantmakers.org to pay via check.
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This is the third session in Brightest Minds: A Colloquium Series in Celebration of WRAG's 20th Anniversary. |
