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Reporting on impact – the SIAA International Conference in Berlin
The inaugural Social Impact Analyst Association conference was held at the inspiring Bertelsmann Conference Center, near Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Some 85 attendees from 12 different countries came together to talk about the social impact analyst …
First Indian Philanthropy Forum to discuss human rights
Two hundred people in one room to discuss philanthropy! A few years back this would not have been considered possible. But the third of Dasra’s annual Indian Philanthropy Forums, held in Mumbai on 21 March, …
With SIAA launched, is social impact at last becoming sexy?
London on 1 December saw the long-awaited launch of SIAA, the Social Impact Analysis Association. The challenge for social impact analysis, said Jeremy Nicholls, chief executive of the SROI Network and a SIAA trustee, summing up …
Social Impact Analysts Association to launch in London in December
Impact conferences are thick on the ground at the moment, a testimony to how topical an issue social impact has become for the voluntary sector. SOCAP11 in San Francisco prominently included discussions on social impact and …
Are institutional investors asking for the moon when it comes to social investment?
On 13 July I attended the launch of a new report on social investment. Investor Perspectives on Social Enterprise Financing focuses on what is surely the holy grail of social investment: making it mainstream. It …
First-ever social impact evaluation of a film concludes funding The End of the Line was worth it
Why do so few funders support film making? This was the question I raised in a Latest from Alliance post last September, reflecting on my recent day at Good Pitch UK 2010, where eight documentary …
