Rodney Schwartz

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  Rodney commented on the article | about 2 years ago

  White House Embraces Social Innovation

  Nathaniel

  
  

  I very much enjoy this site and your posts

  
  

  The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) is, though small, undoubtedly a hopeful sign.  However, we at ClearlySo in the UK (www.clearlyso.com) find that the development of many Government sponsored funds in the UK, where we are based, has sapped some of the energy and creativity of the private capital markets for social innovation, or have become their competitor.

  
  

  A somone who grew up in the USA I urge you to avoid this path in your enthusiasm for this exciting development.

  
  

  Best wishes, Rodney Schwartz

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  Rodney commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Resource Friday: ClearlySo's Glossary of Social Innovation Terms

  I am amazingly pleased you picked this up!  We drafted the glossary over 18 months ago and felt it ould really help people.  Until you and @Montero came along nobody ever said they noticed it--we kept updating it hoping it would prove in time to be a useful resource.  Would love to turn it into a wiki or some such in due course.

  
  

  Lots more on the site we have invested in--slowly people are finding the stuff.  For example, at http://www.clearlyso.com/blogs.jsf is a list of many relevant blogs and at the bottom our own "ClearlySo in..." trips to social entrepreneurs in faraway places (e.g. Georgia, Armenia, the Balkans, Argentina, etc).  I think Romania will be next.  There is lots more as well.

  
  

  Thanks so much for the post.

  
  

  Best, rod