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CASE and Social Impact Exchange Publish New Literature Review for Funders on Scaling Impact

As the social sector evolves, one thing that is becoming increasingly clear is the critical role that knowledge plays in helping advance progress towards social solutions. Practitioners struggle with finding the best approaches to scale and accessing capital for scaling. … Continue reading

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Impact Investor – Video Recap (Part 2)

This post was written by Sarah Ritter, Program Coordinator of Insight at Pacific Community Ventures and originally posted on the PCV blog. Sarah recaps our recent launch event of the Impact Investor project.  This is part 2 of the recap, … Continue reading

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Impact Investor – Video Recap (part 1)

This post was written by Sarah Ritter, Program Coordinator of Insight at Pacific Community Ventures and originally posted on the PCV blog. Sarah recaps our recent launch event of the Impact Investor project.  This is part 1 of the recap, … Continue reading

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“Building a Field That Has Really Been More of a Yard”: The Impact Investor at Oxford

This post was written by Mailande Moran, a first year Duke MBA and a student fellow with CASE i3. On Wednesday, the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing co-hosted a meeting of roughly 80 leading investors, entrepreneurs, academics and intermediaries … Continue reading

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What’s Next for SCALERS?

This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is bring reprinted with permission. Accelerating Achievement features news and research from the Developmental Education Initiative, an effort by MDC, a nonprofit in Chapel Hill, N.C., to scale up … Continue reading

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S is for Stimulating Market Forces

Day seven of the September SCALERS series: Stimulating Market Forces: “the effectiveness with which the organization can create incentives that encourage people or institutions to pursue private interests while also serving the public good.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece … Continue reading

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R is for Replicating Impact

Day six of the September SCALERS series: Replicating: “the effectiveness with which the organization can reproduce the programs and initiatives that it has originated.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is … Continue reading

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E is for Earnings Generation

Day five of the September SCALERS series: Earnings-Generation: “the effectiveness with which the organization generates a stream of revenue that exceeds its expenses.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating Achievement and is bring … Continue reading

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L is for Lobbying

Day four of the September SCALERS series: Lobbying: “the  effectiveness with which the organization is able to advocate for government actions that may work in its favor.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the blog Accelerating … Continue reading

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A is for Alliance-Building

Day three of the September SCALERS series: Alliance-building: “the effectiveness with which the organization has forged partnerships, coalitions, joint ventures, and other linkages to bring about desired social changes.” (Bloom & Chatterji, 2009) This piece was originally published on the … Continue reading

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