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From Reporting Progress to Improving Progress (a workshop with Wendy Jeffries ’01 and Liz Bliss ’01, 11/8 at 2 p.m.)

The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, Quantitative Analysis Center, and Center for Community Partnerships present Think About Data Before It’s Too Late! or “From Reporting Progress to Improving Progress: How those working on social change initiatives can actually have an impact” Presented by Wendy (Bauman) Jeffries ’01 and…

PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Nina Gerona ’15

In April, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient will be reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s one, a report from Nina Gerona ’15… I’m writing an update now from the Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia, I’m about 12…

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…