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Case History: Helping Teachers Help Themselves

By Tim McCarthy

April 29, 2013

Editor’s Note: I really struggle with the whole education thing. Two sisters and a brother are in the system, several of my non-profit heroes are pioneers in education and now...
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Start with Why

By Simon Sinek

April 29, 2013

Editor’s note: This is the best business book I’ve read in a year or more. Mr. Sinek uses simple, if sometimes repetitive language and tangible examples to support the concept...
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Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
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Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential

By Dan Pallotta

March 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: Because I read a lot of books and articles on philanthropy, I assumed this would be another dull but earnest attempt to improve the world of charitable giving,...
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Across the Universe
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Across the Universe

By The Beatles

March 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: I’m not Lennon’s biggest fan but I love the thought “nothing’s going change my world”. Favorite verse: “Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns...
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April: Quote of the Month

March 28, 2013

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you...
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March Newsletter: Empty Abundance

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

After twenty years of thinking about it, I’m finally writing my first book. And this time, I’m serious. I’ve secured a professional coach/editor and outlined the strategy and even the...
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The Advantage
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The Advantage

By Patrick Lencioni

February 28, 2013

Editor’s comment: The soft side of business is the most difficult for most people, including me. And yet, the two most successful companies I’ve been involved in demonstrated exactly what...
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Case History: Habitat Builds Out Its Vision

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

Editor’s note: The most interesting part of this article, also from SSIR’s 10th anniversary issue, is that a non-profit as huge as Habitat for Humanity is doing something new while...
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Article of the Month: Standing with the Poor

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: If you notice, all of this month’s reference material comes from the 10th anniversary issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (www.ssireview.org) from whom I have learned a...
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January Case History: “Big Society Capital Marks a Paradigm Shift” by Ronald Cohen

By Tim McCarthy

January 3, 2013

Editor’s Note: The founding chair of Big Society Capital explains how the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems. Case Study:
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January Article: “Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success” by Jason DeParle

By Tim McCarthy

January 3, 2013

Editor’s Note: The story of three friends from Galveston, Texas, seems less a tribute to upward mobility than a study of obstacles in an age of economic inequality. Each showed...
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December Blog “Personal Empowerment” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA basketball, told his players on the first day of practice each year: “you can either discipline yourself, or someone else will.” This thought...
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December Case History: SoMoLend Wins Finovate’s “Best of Show” Award

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: In the video below you will see Candace Klein, founder and CEO of both Bad Girl Ventures and SoMoLend, make the winning pitch for SoMoLend at Finovate, a...
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December Article: “Charity’s Role in America, and Its Limits” by Eduardo Porter

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: A sobering fact from the article I wanted to highlight: “A small portion of philanthropic efforts are aimed at helping those who most need it. A study by...
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December Quote: Charles Lubbock

November 29, 2012

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for." Charles Lubbock
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I Wish You Love
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I Wish You Love

By Charles Trenet, Alan Fernie, Cory Band

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: Probably one of the most oft-covered songs in history, this was originally a French ballad, by the same name, written in 1942. This version is my favorite, covered...
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October Blog: “Finding a Need” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 1, 2012

After forty years of work, I have developed one primary talent: Marketing. From Marketing 101 in college through my jobs in politics, advertising and entrepreneurship I’ve learned that the first...
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September Quote: John E. Jones

September 5, 2012

"What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, what gets rewarded gets repeated." John E. Jones
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Night

By Elie Wiesel

September 5, 2012

Editor’s Note: It’s hard to be reminded of the Holocaust, especially when I think I was born only seven years after it ended. It’s not like so many things–ancient history....
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August Newsletter “Are We There Yet?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

August 2, 2012

I’ve written before about my favorite leadership book “On Becoming a Leader” by John Bennis because his primary point in the book is that we are always “becoming” leaders. The...
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August Case History: “Curbing Mission Creep” By Kim Jonker & William F. Meehan III

By Tim McCarthy

August 2, 2012

Editor’s Note: Our foundation continuously seeks to narrow its focus, keeping a constant diligence to avoid the natural tendency towards “mission creep.” This case study demonstrates the benefit of being...
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