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Tim Glynn Burke
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Tim commented on the article |Excellent post. Thought you and your readers might be interested in a related webinar (July 15) with Maurice Miller, founder and CEO of the Family Independence Initiative, titled "Engaging the Citizen as Co-Producer of Social Good"
FII is a truly 'revolutionary' model... More info on the webinar at http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/xchat.html.
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Tim commented on the article |Dear Nathaniel,
I enjoy reading your posts. In our new book The Power of Social Innovation (www.powerofsocialinnovation.com) we explore the intersection between government and social entrepreneurship that you've been covering in your blog.
We highlight a number of examples where government encourages innovation in the social sector. The President's Social Innovation Fund and the Department of Education's Race to the Top have received considerable attention lately, as they represent new funding sources that seek to catalyze broader change than the dollar amount might suggest. I suspect $12 million from NSF falls into this category, as does New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity innovation fund
But we also suggest that government has a number of levers beyond tax dollars to help drive social innovation. For example the President and First Lady have used their positions to signal a call for more innovation and a greater focus on results in the nonprofit sector, and have encouraged private funders to do the same. The White House Office of Social Innovation looks like it is taking some cues from the faith-based and community initiative on leveling the playing field: using intermediaries to relieve the administrative burdens of large federal grants, reaching out to cabinet agencies to force cultural change, and tying dollars to performance.
Other applicable lessons from the faith-based initiative include helping to build the capacity of smaller providers to access existing pools of funding, employing more choice mechanisms, reviewing and refining prohibitive administrative requirements, and encouraging local and state executives to follow suit.
On the local level, school chancellors Joel Klein and Michelle Rhee have raised the profile of social innovators by partnering with nonprofits and foundations at every stage of reform: designing, testing, implementing, and then growing core innovations across the system. Louisiana's Office of Social Entrepreneurship and Denver's Office of Strategic Partnerships are not well-endowed financially but are examples of new approaches to institutionalize efforts to encourage innovation.
Considering the fiscal woes of cities and states, these less costly efforts to encourage innovation might be more attractive, or politically feasible, options.
Best, Tim
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