Tag Archive for impact assessment

Measuring Social Impact: some links from Wendy Jeffries ’01

Wendy Jeffries ’01 is Program Manager for International Social Service (U.S. Branch). Her career has focused on international child welfare and protection,  healthy eating and habits for kids, and collecting and using data to design and improve programs of all kinds. Wendy shared the following with me recently, and I am pleased to share it with those…

Business Plan workshop follow-up

Last Thursday, the Patricelli Center, Career Center, and WAPPS hosted a workshop entitled “Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Business Plan Essentials” featuring philanthropist, investor, consultant, and business leader Steve McCarthy ’75. Here are some highlights of my notes from Steve’s talk:   General advice- Be a salesperson, know your audience and tailor your pitch to them When…