Comments on: Social Impact Investing: “nobody knows if it will work, but if it does…” http://beyondprofit.com/social-impact-investing-%e2%80%9cnobody-knows-if-it-will-work-but-if-it-does/ social enterprise magazine Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: exchangecards http://beyondprofit.com/social-impact-investing-%e2%80%9cnobody-knows-if-it-will-work-but-if-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-9727 exchangecards Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:22:38 +0000 http://beyondprofitmag.com/?p=439#comment-9727 Yes I too saw something similar already. Though to esteem very interestingly Yes I too saw something similar already. Though to esteem very interestingly

]]> By: Jeff Mowatt http://beyondprofit.com/social-impact-investing-%e2%80%9cnobody-knows-if-it-will-work-but-if-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-5614 Jeff Mowatt Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:33:50 +0000 http://beyondprofitmag.com/?p=439#comment-5614 There we have it. The presumption that something is "new" because a magazine such as this for some reason takes a selective stance on the news it reports. This is where social enterprise strays into dishonesty. There we have it. The presumption that something is “new” because a magazine such as this for some reason takes a selective stance on the news it reports.

This is where social enterprise strays into dishonesty.

]]> By: katrinah http://beyondprofit.com/social-impact-investing-%e2%80%9cnobody-knows-if-it-will-work-but-if-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 katrinah Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:50:02 +0000 http://beyondprofitmag.com/?p=439#comment-5433 Hi Adrienne - great post! Whenever something is "new", it's natural to express uncertainty about whether the new model will "work". I think most people would agree that in the early days, they did not think that Mohammed Yunus' microfinance model would work. Yet look at how well it did! : ) Social impact investing offers similar promise, imho ; ). Just last week I had the very good fortune to talk with Antony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director at Rockefeller Foundation, about impact investing, GIIN, and the IRIS standards for measurement. I captured our chat on VIDEO. Here is the link to hear first-hand from Antony about GIIN - I hope everyone finds this video useful. The part about GIIN begins at 2:40 in this video. Enjoy : ) http://bit.ly/11WJ8c Hi Adrienne – great post! Whenever something is “new”, it’s natural to express uncertainty about whether the new model will “work”. I think most people would agree that in the early days, they did not think that Mohammed Yunus’ microfinance model would work. Yet look at how well it did! : ) Social impact investing offers similar promise, imho ; ). Just last week I had the very good fortune to talk with Antony Bugg-Levine, Managing Director at Rockefeller Foundation, about impact investing, GIIN, and the IRIS standards for measurement. I captured our chat on VIDEO. Here is the link to hear first-hand from Antony about GIIN – I hope everyone finds this video useful. The part about GIIN begins at 2:40 in this video. Enjoy : )

http://bit.ly/11WJ8c

]]> By: Jeff Mowatt http://beyondprofit.com/social-impact-investing-%e2%80%9cnobody-knows-if-it-will-work-but-if-it-does/comment-page-1/#comment-4884 Jeff Mowatt Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:12 +0000 http://beyondprofitmag.com/?p=439#comment-4884 I added a comment earlier which has yet to appear. It describes an early adoption of this approach which resulted in the success of a development initiative in Russia. Saying that "nobody knows if it will work" is untrue as far as I'm concerned. Jeff Mowatt I added a comment earlier which has yet to appear. It describes an early adoption of this approach which resulted in the success of a development initiative in Russia.

Saying that “nobody knows if it will work” is untrue as far as I’m concerned.

Jeff Mowatt

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