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November Case History: “Building Strategic Corporate Partnerships”

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: The partnership between iMentor and Marsh & McLennan (MMC) has been fruitful for both the nonprofit and the corporate partner. MMC has been able to get employees more...
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November Article: Income Inequality May Take Toll on Growth

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: Our foundation studiously avoids advocacy but if we ever change that policy, here’s the first windmill I will tilt. Forbes 50 wealthiest people for example had net worth...
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Newsletter – “Why Don’t We Teach Them How Not to be Poor?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Here it comes again. It’s April of 2015 and the first two presidential candidates are off and running for November of 2016. I find it especially chilling that these first...
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Newsletter – “What Would You Like to SEA Change?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

So if you have ever thought to yourself – if I only had the resources, I would [do this great thing] to change the world for the better – now...
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Newsletter: Welcome to the Business of Good

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The Business of Good is my attempt to "productize" my learning from the last twelve years, and by doing so, I believe I can motivate others to do more good...
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Newsletter: Trust But Verify

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Author’s Note:  This is the 4 th in a series of 12 articles meant to share my trials and my errors in starting up and building The Business of Good. ...
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Newsletter: Trials and Errors Lesson 3: Play to Win

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Authors Note:  This is the third in a series of 12 articles I’m writing to share my experience, often “what not to do”, from building our foundation over the last...
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Newsletter: Trials and Errors in Service to Others – The Secret to Life: Do One Thing Well

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

This is my first article for our new website. I intend to dedicate most of my first year of writing for the site to sharing what I’ve learned as I...
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Newsletter: Tough Questions

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Social issues such as homelessness are complex and chronic and since they have not been solved using traditional means, innovative and measured new approaches, such as “Housing First” are worth...
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Newsletter: Tiger’s Secret to Success

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I've come to believe that while there are very complex challenges in my life, complex solutions don't work. And if you've ever golfed, you know it's a complex game. The...
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Newsletter: The Rocking Chair of Worry

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

When revenue is a problem, often we hide using planning and worrying over taking action.  Great non-profit executives translate problems into plans to address those problems then adjust as the...
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Newsletter: The Real Business of Good

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The most effective non-profit organizations are learning to combine mission with business disciplines. In 2005, for reasons I still am not clear on, I entered the Fisher School of Business...
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Newsletter: “The Biggest Problem with Giving”

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Thanks to those who’ve read and commented on Empty Abundance , and here’s a link to a sample chapter to entice those who have not. So I promised to use...
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Newsletter: The Bad News about Good Ideas

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Good ideas in business are just the beginning.  To be successful, one must add flexible planning and tremendous attention to detail.  [more] There are few things I know for certain...
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Newsletter: Rules of Engagement

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Engaged philanthropy is a never ending journey of learning how best to make a positive impact in the organizations we serve.  I have learned some important lessons along the way....
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Newsletter: Revenue Recipes for the Depression

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

The days of traditional fund raising from traditional methods such as direct mail and golf tournaments are declining and will be replaced by more stable revenue generators such as social...
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Newsletter: Real Good, Not Feel Good

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Being a good cause will not attract sufficient customers to your social business; you must first have a good product with a competitive distinction. [more] Those were the words Rick...
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Newsletter of the Month: “Trust at 60” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

My partners allow me to hang out with our restaurant management one half day each quarter. We do an interactive workshop, always related to broader topics than day-to-day restaurant operations....
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Newsletter – “May I Die Now?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

I’m one of those guys who would like to go to heaven but I’m not willing to die to get there. So reading Atul Gawande’s “Being Mortal” was not easy...
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Newsletter: Lesson 2: Why Build a Traditional Organization to do Non-traditional Work?

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Author’s note: This is the second in a series of articles regarding the mistakes I’ve made in developing our foundation over these first 14 years.  A friend recently sent me...
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Newsletter – “Keep Going” by Bill Leamon

By Tim McCarthy

October 15, 2019

Note from Tim: Our Foundation’s Managing Director, Bill Leamon, wrote an update for our board recently about a young man he is mentoring named Chris, and I asked him to...
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