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It's fair to say that most governments don't choose to use open source by default. Despite efforts over the past two decades to make open source solutions a viable, or even default solution in government, there's still a lot of skepticism. Those in decision making positions often raise concerns around security and reliability compared to proprietary software that is viewed as being “safe” even if it is more expensive and less flexible in many cases.So what should an open source government look like? And why would we want one?To answer these questions, we are joined by Aaron Snow, Faculty Fellow, and former Acting Executive Director for the Georgetown University Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation in Washington DC. Prior to his work at the Beeck Center, Aaron was a US Presidential Innovation Fellow and was subsequently one of the co-founders, and then later Executive Director of 18F, the US government's in-house technology and design consultancy. In 2018 he moved north of the border and became the first CEO of the Government of Canada's Canadian Digital Service. And has twice been named one of the “World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government" by Apolitical.In our conversation, we talk about why our current approach to technology actually makes government less transparent, and how open source in government might be a moral imperative. If government is creating or procuring software using taxpayer's money--something that has been in the news with the investigation into the ArriveCan app in Canada--shouldn't government have a requirement to share that code back with the public since it is the public who “owns” it? And how do we ensure that leaders in government know enough about technology to make good decisions about how it is used?Watch on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJEuTgFK6MRelated LinksDigital Service NetworkAaron Snow's WebsiteGeorgetown University Beeck Center for Social Innovation and ImpactAuditor-General to report Monday on how cost of ArriveCan app grew from $80,000 to more than $54-million (Globe and Mail)Chapters00:00 Introduction04:41 Interview with Aaron Snow06:13 The Security Aspect of Open Source07:46 The Unrealized Promise of Open Source in Government13:15 The Need for Strong Political Leadership in Digital Government24:03 Modular, Reusable Components in Government32:03 Conclusion

This is our 25th show and on this one, we flip the tables on Javier. Why is he doing this and what has he learned? Lori Sunn guest-hosts and asks him similar questions to the ones he asks guests of Top Of The Game. This episode is a few minutes longer than usual--> ‘Top of The Game (in) Overtime' shows are released occasionally. JAVIER'S BIO Javier Saade is Founder & Managing Partner of Impact Master Holdings, Venture Partner at Fenway Summer, and Operating Partner at Presidio Investors. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of GP Funding, Inc. (a private equity-owned company), Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, and CNBC Contributor. Until recently he served as Audit Committee Chair of the Board of SoftBank Vision Fund Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: SVFA), Lead Independent Director of the Board of Porch Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: PRCH), and held leadership roles on the Boards of Trustees of Pan American Development Foundation and The Nature Conservancy. He also held seats on the Global Board of Advisors of Docusign, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOCU) and Board of Advisors of Univision Communications, Inc., and is on the Board of Harvard's Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and is a Member Candidate of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Board Advisory Council. In 2013, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as Associate Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and was the agency's Chief of Investment and Innovation. He led programs that have invested over $120 billion in 300,000+ companies and technologies. Javier concurrently held a seat on the Committee for Small & Emerging Companies at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), subsequently served on the Presidential Transition Team focused on the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy & Negotiation at the White House. Prior to public service, Javier spent 20 years in investing, operating and leadership roles at McKinsey & Company, Bridgewater Associates, Booz Allen & Hamilton (NYSE:BAH), GEM Group, Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Air America, a company he co-founded. He is a Founding Member of Fast Company's Impact Council, Member of Aspen Institute's Latinos & Society and served as mentor at Techstars, Kauffman Fellows and Stanford's Latino Leadership Program, as Senior Fellow at Georgetown's Beeck Center, and as Executive in Residence at Columbia Technology Ventures. He frequently writes & speaks about the economy, technology, digital finance, venture capital, sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation, governance, stewardship, leadership, economic policy and capital markets. Articles, interviews, media appearances, congressional testimony and some additional endeavors can be found here. Javier holds an MBA from Harvard, MS in Operations & Technology from Illinois Institute of Technology and BS in Industrial Management from Purdue University. GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade & Bio: https://tinyurl.com/36ufz6cs  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS

In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Sonal Shah, the CEO of the Texas Tribune, and one of the country's most talented and truly cross-sector leaders. Shah is a serial social entrepreneur, and intrapreneur, having founded several important institutions including the White House Office of Social Innovation under President Obama, the Asian American Foundation, and Georgetown's Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. She began her career in international development at the US Department of the Treasury and went on to lead some of the first sustainability and “impact” initiatives at Goldman Sachs and Google. Today, Shah is focused on a new model of nonprofit journalism, given how vital local news, reporting, and information are for community, accountability, and democracy.

Women's Health is still seen as a niche market by most venture capitalists. But when talking about the health of half of the world's population, that couldn't be further from the truth. This week's episode 54 of How Women Inspire Podcast is about funding and equity for women's health! In this episode of How Women Inspire Podcast, Julie Castro Abrams and Erika Seth Davies share the importance of using venture capital to improve women's health equity and actionable steps you can take right now to advocate for justice in women's health. Erika Seth Davies is the Chief Executive Officer at Rhia Ventures and Founder of The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL), a venture that centers racial equity in impact investing and works to shift capital to address the persistent racial wealth gap. She previously served as Vice President of External Affairs at ABFE (Association of Black Foundation Executives) where she designed the SMART Investing Initiative, a field-wide effort to encourage foundations to incorporate a racial equity lens in endowment management practices through increased access for racially diverse- and women-owned investment management firms.Erika is a Social Entrepreneur in Residence with Common Future and a former Fellow, Equitable Access to Capital Markets in the Fair Finance portfolio of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University. She was a member of the inaugural class of the ABFE Connecting Leaders Fellowship program, a recipient of the NYU Wagner School of Public Service IGNITE Fellowship for Women of Color in the Social Sector, and a member of the class of 2017 for Executive Leadership Institute of CFLeads.Some of the talking points Julie and Erika go over in this episode include:Leadership skills that have proven themselves in the last three years.Leveraging capital to advance reproductive and maternal health equity.Innovations coming in the women's reproductive and health space.The importance of believing in your capabilities, even when times are tough.Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me!  And don't forget to follow, rate, and review the podcast and tell me your key takeaways!CONNECT WITH ERIKA:LinkedInCONNECT WITH JULIE CASTRO ABRAMS:LinkedIn - JulieHow Women LeadHow Women InvestHow Women GiveInstagram - HWLLinkedIn - HWLFacebook - HWLOnly 2.1% of venture capital went to women-founded companies in 2022. We are done waiting or fighting for a seat at the table—today, we are committing to build The New Table; women-funded, women-run. I invite you to invest in your power, don't wait—join The New Table today.

Episode 30:  Create Belonging Sonal Shah serves as Interim Executive Vice President, Worldwide Network Advancement, United Way Worldwide. She leads the U.S. and International Network teams to work with local United Ways to help deliver the greatest impact for UWW's communities. She serves on the UWW Executive Leadership Team.   Ms. Shah is a global leader on social impact and innovation. She has started and led social impact efforts in academia, government, and the private and philanthropy sectors for more than twenty-five years. Most recently she founded and led The Asian American Foundation, raising over $1 billion, the largest philanthropic effort serving the Asian American community. Before TAAF, she started and led Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation for over seven years, training students on social impact and leading research on different models of social innovation. In the Obama Administration, Ms. Shah served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation at the White House, leading the efforts across government to introduce social innovation, including financial innovation, impact metrics, and the role of technology. In the private sector, she led the Global Development Initiatives at Google focused on impact investing and technology for social impact. At Goldman Sachs, Shah developed and implemented the firm's environmental strategy.   Ms. Shah also has significant experience working internationally as an economist at the Department of Treasury, setting up the central bank in Bosnia, working for post-conflict reconstruction in Kosovo, and implementing poverty reduction strategies in Africa. She also served as the chief of operations for the Center for Global Development.   Ms. Shah was appointed by President Biden to serve as the Chief Commissioner on the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.  She also serves on Homeland Security Advisory Council.  Ms. Shah serves on the board of Oxfam America, the UBS Optimus Foundation, The Century Foundation, and the National Democratic Institute. She also serves as an adviser to Pinterest and Apollo Global Management. She is an advisor to the Provost at Georgetown University. In 2019-20, she served as the National Policy Director for Mayor Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign. If you want to see if it's a good fit to work with Jen V. and JRT on speaking courageously as a leader, schedule a free call: https://www.voicefirstworld.com/apply  

Show description Welcome to Dreaming in Color, a show that provides a platform for BIPOC social change leaders to candidly share how their lived experiences (personal and professional) have prepared them to lead their work and drive the impact we all seek.  In this episode, we are joined by Nate Wong, Chief Strategy and Social Innovation Officer of the Beeck Center, an experiential hub to incubate emergent ideas in the social impact space. We talk about his cultural heritage and how his background as a cook helped to shape his current vision of the world. Plus, we discuss why unlearning is necessary in cultural healing processes and how he acknowledges this in his leadership coaching work. Join us and listen to this conversation where we reimagine models of coexistence and find keys for an equity-driven system. Jump straight into: (1:27) - Show Introduction: Nate reads a poem of the 13th century and shares childhood experiences in the kitchen that shaped his view of the world. (13:15) - The process of building a self-narrative to inspire others and play a cultural translator role. (19:53) - What it means to question our own assumptions: Market forces, meritocracy and different views of leadership. (25:12) - Unlearning to heal: The concept of “inner saboteur” and common underappreciated assets within Nate's coaching work with the BIPOC community. (30:03) - Capitalism reimagined: Discussing ‘enoughness' and storytelling as the ultimate tool for an equity-driven system. (36:28) - Examining the evolution of the traditional classroom format and the power of teaching: Final words of hope by Nate Wong.  Episode resources Connect with Nate Wong through https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanielkwong/ (LinkedIn) and https://twitter.com/nathanielkwong (Twitter) https://www.natewong.com/bio (Nate Wong | Homepage) Thank you for listening to Dreaming in Color a https://www.bridgespan.org/ (Bridgespan) supported https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod) production. Nicole Genova is the Show Coordinator and Teresa Buchanan is the Show Producer. The production team from The Bridgespan Group includes Cora Daniels, Michael Borger, Christina Pistorius, and Britt Savage. Additional music and editing provided by https://nodalab.com/ (nodalab).  

This week we welcome West Point graduate and U.S. Army veteran George Chewning, who served five years as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer including a deployment to Afghanistan. In conversation with FourBlock Founder Mike Abrams, George shares details of his time in the Army and his service in Afghanistan; his military transition and what made him realize he needed support with the transition; and his post-military career as a non-technical veteran who transitioned into a civilian career in technology. He shares insights from his transition journey and what he's learned from making multiple transitions throughout his career. George also discusses how he found his way back to a career serving his community and shares his advice for fellow veterans in transition now. After his transition out of the military, George earned his MBA from the George Washington University. He served as a Legislative Director for the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation and then transitioned to a Program Manager role at Facebook before being selected as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Department of Veteran Affairs. He just recently began a new role as Deputy Director for the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. George is an alumnus of FourBlock's Veteran Career Readiness Program and also serves as a volunteer member on our National Leadership Council.   ABOUT US Welcome to the FourBlock Podcast, a show that examines veteran career transition and the military-civilian divide in the workplace. General Charles Krulak coined the term "Three Block War" to describe the nature of 21st-century military service defined by peace-keeping, humanitarian aid, and full combat. But what happens next? Veterans are often unprepared to return home and begin new careers. We call this the Fourth Block.  FourBlock is a national non-profit that has supported thousands of transitioning service members across the nation in beginning new and meaningful careers.  Mike Abrams (@fourblock) is an Afghanistan veteran, founder of FourBlock, and author of two military transition books. He represents the military transition perspective. Lindsey Pollak (@lindsaypollak) is a career and workplace expert and New York Times bestselling author of three career advice books. Lindsey represents the civilian perspective of this issue.  Veterans, explore new industries and make the right connections. Find a career that fits your calling. Join us at fourblock.org/ Sponsor our program or host a class to equip more of our veterans at fourblock.org/donate. Follow FourBlock on Social Media  LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Podcast episodes are produced and edited by the Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration.  

Now that we have reached the end of 2021 and year one and a half of this podcast, we give you highlights from some of the best podcast episodes of 2021.  The first is Episode 23 entitled 5 Key Public Sector Themes for 2021In this episode, Meredith Trimble, Tyler Technologies' editorial content manager, discusses how Tyler's clients innovated in each of these five areas in scalable ways, even during the most challenging circumstances.  She Finds inspirationin the stories illustrating the year's top public sector themes.  Here's a little taste from Episode 23.The next is Episode 25, called 5 Reasons to Use American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Data Infrastructurewith Tyler Kleykamp, director of the State Data Officers Network and fellow at Georgetown's Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Tyler joined the podcast to discuss specific reasons why governments should use federal relief funds now to support data infrastructure. Now up is Mark Funkhouser.  Mark joined Jeff to talk about 5 Ways to Not Waste Stimulus Funds With Mark Funkhouser on Episode 26. Funkhouser's key tips included investing in projects that may have significant upfront cost but will reduce future operating expenses, thinking beyond jurisdictional borders to pool resources for larger impact, and investing in cybersecurity to decrease risk.Next we switch to school transportation and Episode 34.  Tyler Technologies' Kim Rentner, who is a thought leader in the school transportation space, interview Dr. Linda Bluth in an episode entitled, Transporting Students With Special NeedsDr. Linda Bluth is with the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services, and past-president, National Association for Pupil Transportation. Dr. Bluth details for listeners how alternative modes of transportation are important as districts consider the needs of students, parents, drivers, and communities at large and provides expert tips on how to articulate the benefits of alternative modes of transportation to stakeholders including parents.  Next up is Episode 35 which focuses on Connecticut's Data-Driven Approach to Back to School.  Tyler Tech podcast guest host Beth Amann interviews Pauline Zaldonis, a key member of the Connecticut Open Data team, to discuss data-driven work in the state of Connecticut. Zaldonis covers the basics of her state's Open Data Portal as well as the success of cross-agency partnerships continuing to empower residents with the important public health information they need. Our final highlight in the Best of is Episode 36 which focuses on the  Benefits of the Cloud in the Public Sector Why is everyone talking about the cloud? The coronavirus pandemic accelerated new technology adoption as well as moves to the cloud for many public sector agencies, and even Tyler itself, which accelerated cloud development for some of its products. In this episode, Russell Gainford, Tyler's vice president, cloud strategy & operations, provides an insider look at Tyler's own cloud journey as well as specific reasons why public sector leaders should care about the cloud and how they can ensure their jurisdiction's security, agility, and sustainability through cloud-enabled solutions.Find out more about Tyler Technology

Open innovation for all. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about The Opportunity Project, or TOP, which is a framework for agencies to facilitate collaboration between technologists and community advocates. Haley Ashcom is a Communications Strategist for the US Census Open Innovation Labs. Katya Abazajian is a Fellow at Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. Rebecca Ierardo is a Senior Associate at Centre for Public Impact. Host: Kirsten Wyatt

Michael Chodos is the Chief Legal Officer at Medsphere Systems Corporation. Previously, he was General Counsel at Notarize, Assistant Administrator in the U.S. Small Business Administration in the Obama Administration, and a Senior Fellow, Impact Investing at Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation. Follow Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryankmacinnis/ Follow Ryan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rkmac Follow Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-chodos-4281b210/ Music used: Medieval Fantasy by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US

In today's episode, I sit down with a true renaissance woman who always inspires and challenges my way of thinking. Lorelei Kelly is an expert on inclusive and informed democratic systems and her work explores how data, technology, and new participation methods can increase civic voice in the lawmaking process. She is the founder of the Resilient Democracy Coalition (RDC) based at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University where she leads research on modernizing the US Congress. Lorelei got her start in Washington DC as a nuclear weapons expert and now turns her attention to how to better incorporate local expertise and voices in the political process. She attended Grinnell College, Stanford University and the Air Command and Staff College of the US Air Force. She has co-authored two books, both free and available online. We talk about the problems of climate change, how an engaged and inclusive political process can help, the power people have in organizing and banding together, and why we have to act now. We also talk about her many diverse experiences including transitioning from high school in Berkeley, CA to the desert in New Mexico to an underground library in Berlin during a historical revolution. We also talk about the shift the pandemic has had on thinking and actions for so many. Lorelei's diverse experiences lead the way to an open dialogue and give an intimate, informed look at the impact of climate change on local, federal, and international levels.

Ariel Kennan is a service design and product development leader who has worked across the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University. We are pleased to announce that she has joined the curation team of our new Civic Design conference and community, which will be launching soon with our first monthly videoconference. Sign up here to be notified: https://rosenfeldmedia.com/civic-design-2021/ In this Rosenfeld Review episode, Ariel discusses the myriad of public service projects she's had a hand in, and particularly the ways in which Civic Design can improve peoples' lives, especially those who are underprivileged (for example, the application for unemployment benefits during the covid-19 pandemic.) Ariel recommends: Creative Reaction Lab — building capacity in historically marginalized communities and training designers to work in new ways. https://www.creativereactionlab.com/

In this episode, Grace shares how her writing, The Rector Girls, about her and her mother's life was cathartic and painful at the same time, evoking hours of tears. Grace Rector is a graduate of Georgetown University and hopes to work in the field of education and facilitation. Grace believes that dialogue is key to relationships and work. She created a dialogue series at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation to highlight vulnerability as a strength in the workplace, not a weakness.A motherless daughter since the week before her 21st birthday, Grace found writing to be a coping mechanism for her grief. At 22 years old, Grace published The Rector Girls with the hope of memorializing her mother and honoring her legacy.Her book is about the lifelong lessons and intimate bond between mother and daughter. The story reveals how life never goes according to plan but that the improvisations make it unique. Honest, heartfelt, and heartbreaking, Grace lets us into her world and her most vulnerable moments, inspiring readers to live their life with fullness and gratitude.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

In 2014, Berkeley, California passed Measure D, the first local tax on sugar sweetened beverages in the nation. Sara Soka, fellow at the Beeck Center and the campaign manager for Measure D, discusses the process of passing Measure D and the importance of community in moving SSB work forward. Reflecting on the Measure D campaign, Sara touches on the ways community-led research, storytelling, and mapping is necessary for participatory policymaking and emphasizes that equity must be centered throughout the entire SSB policy process, not just within the actual policy itself. For this to happen, community members must be at the table during decisions making and the process must center those most impacted, particularly communities of color. This episode of In Praxis is a part of Season 2: Sugar Sweetened Beverage Taxes. The information, opinions, views, and conclusions proposed in this episode are those of our podcast guests.

With the American Rescue Plan approved, many are looking at the best use of those funds to strengthen government for both short term and long term success.  Today, we look at how those funds might be used to support data infrastructure, and turn to an external subject matter expert, Tyler Kleykamp.Tyler is a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and Director of the State Chief Data Officers Network. Tyler was the State of Connecticut’s first Chief Data Officer (CDO) and one of the first state Chief Data Officers in the nation. A geographer by training, most of Tyler’s career has been in Connecticut state government including positions with the Department of Public Health, Office of Policy and Management, and the Governor’s Office.In his role as CDO Tyler led Connecticut’s efforts to use data to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs, policies, and services. He was named a “Data and IT Innovator” by Route Fifty. In 2019, Tyler was named one of Government Technology’s “Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers.”Today Tyler brings us his 5 reasons to use the American Rescue Plan funds to support data infrastructure.  Which are:5 Reasons to Use American Rescue Plan Funds to Support Data InfrastructureIt’s necessary for informed recoveryIt’s vital for equitable recoveryIt builds a modern digital infrastructureAllows for future data-driven problem solvingIt’s an investment in both short and long term successFor information about: Tyler Technologies

Lorelei Kelly is an expert on building inclusive and informed democratic systems. She leads the Resilient Democracy Coalition (RDC) and is based at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University. The coalition assesses how data, technology, and new engagement methods can help build a more resilient democracy, specifically focused on Congress. Links we think you'll like: Lorelei's Twitter: @loreleikelly More about Lorelei Huffington Post Piece Co-authored book - Policy Matters: Educating Congress on Peace and Security Press here to ask a question or share this episode! Newest episodes of all the Amalfi shows at www.amalfimedia.com/today  From the Swamp Twitter Amalfi Twitter Amalfi Instagram Amalfi TikTok Email Matthew: swamp@amalfimedia.com.

When the dust settled, literally, in the Capitol Building, the same old Congress was still there - with its partisanship and old fashioned modes of working. One local institution wants to help the beleaguered Congress with several 21st Century strategies. And as Congress seeks to modernize itself - or at least some members and think-tankers hope it does - it will inevitably hit the need for an infusion of contemporary technology. But that will be a hard buy and a hard sell to industry. Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Lorelei Kelly, the director of Congressional Modernization at Georgetown University's Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation.

We kick off this season with a deeper look at the meaning of our phrase “changing how the economy functions,” specifically examining what you may have heard of as “social entrepreneurship,” which is the idea that entrepreneurial ventures should measure themselves not just by revenue but also by metrics that capture their broader impact on the social and natural environment.Impact investing takes many forms. It can be venture firms seeking out so called “double bottom line“ or even “triple bottom line” returns, meaning financial & social returns or financial & social & environmental. In fact, there is a venture firm called DBL Partners - double bottom line - one of whose portfolio companies we’ve had on the show- Zola Electric. DBL invested in another company you may have heard of - Tesla - which is probably the most high profile, but not the only proof point that impact investing is not charitable giving. Impact investing can also refer to the idea of investors screening for or against certain types of activities. The institutional approach is the idea of ESG investing. ESG stands for environmental, social, governance. ESG investors are typically mutual funds or financial companies with specific funds that invest in companies that are promoting those aims or perhaps which are improving their own internal practices. How big is ESG? According to Morningstar, there are about 275 ESG open-end mutual funds and ETFs available in the U.S.. And according to Deloitte, 75% of investors applied ESG principles to at least a quarter of their portfolios in 2019. Another sign of how far this idea has come is that the incoming director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, most recently led BlackRock’s ESG investing, in other words, one of the most prominent economist positions in the country is about to be inhabited by an ESG guy.Some of the more well known impact VCs include DBL, and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, whom we’ve also featured on M4Edge. There are many other examples, all with ambitious aims, including the HEED fund, The Impact Engine, SustainVC, Village Capital, Better Ventures and many more.We’ve decided to delve into a few of these areas, with the help of three guests. First, we’re joined by Sonal Shah, the Executive Director of the Beeck Center at Georgetown. Sonal is so steeped in the world of impact that we asked her to cohost this episode. Sonal interviews Lisa Green Hall, the Impact Chair at Apollo Global Management, but has held many roles in this space, as is really one of the pioneers of the field. But we’re technophiles here at M4Edge, so we also interview Steve Tanner, the founder and CTO of EcoRobotix, a Swiss ag-tech company whose mission is to “develop, produce and sell innovative farming machines that require low energy and that reduce the negative ecological impact of modern agriculture, while keeping costs competitive.”

Tyler Kleycamp, director of the Chief Data Officers Network at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, talks data use by government during the pandemic. Jennifer Ricker and Tammy Roust from the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology also join to discuss their efforts using data in pandemic management.

FEATURED GUESTS Nate Wong Nate Wong leads the day-to-day operations of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University that seeks to scout, surface, and scale promising ecosystem-centered solutions in the impact space. The Center works directly with leading practitioners and students around its two main portfolios centered around making finance more equitable and improving how governments use the tools of data and digital to deliver better services to its residents. Prior to coming to the Center in 2018, Nate helped launch and direct two social impact units at Deloitte Consulting and more recently at Boston Consulting Group’s non-profit, the Centre for Public Impact in the US. He has worked in over 10 different countries, helping partners maximize their social impact. Nate has worked on issues around economic development/ mobility and inclusive entrepreneurship including stints at Obama Foundation, Acumen, Endeavor, and TechnoServe. Nate has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a BS in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia. When not in a pandemic, you can find him exploring the DC food scene, getting lost in a travel book, throwing ceramics, or improving his boxing technique.  RELATED RESOURCES Padró, Miguel, “America’s Corporate Governance System Is Racist Too,” Aspen Business and Society, June 29,2020.US Digital ResponseWong, Nate and Audrey Voorhees, “Hard-wiring Corporate Purpose in the Age of COVID-19,” Beeck Center, May 15, 2020.Wong, Nate and Vaishant Sharma, “Here's how to make sure the economic recovery from the pandemic helps the people who need it most,” Business Insider, June 20, 2020.Zarek, Cori, “Power of Organizing and Networks in Crisis (and Everyday),” Beeck Center, April 1, 2020.

On this episode, we welcome Sonal Shah, Founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center at Georgetown University, former policy advisor to Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Academy Fellow, to discuss teaching communities best practices for building resilience, her experience on Mayor Buttigieg's presidential primary campaign, and the Beeck Center's practical approaches to teaching resilience.Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Today, I talk with Denice Ross and Allison Plyer. Denice Ross is a Director at the National Conference on Citizenship and a Fellow at Georgetown’s Beeck Center. Her recent focus is on data quality and the 2020 Census and she also provides strategic support for the State Chief Data Officer Network. Denice comes to this work from New America, where she studied the power of networks to advance progress on big challenges. As a Presidential Innovation Fellow (2014-5), she co-founded the White House Police Data Initiative to increase transparency and accountability and worked with the Department of Energy to improve community resilience in disaster-impacted areas. Earlier, she served as Director of Enterprise Information for the City of New Orleans, establishing their open data initiative, now recognized as one of the most successful in the country. Prior to government, Denice co-directed The Data Center of Southeast Louisiana, a non-profit data intermediary. She brought a data-driven approach to numerous post-Katrina community planning initiatives and co-founded the first new childcare center after the storm. Allison Plyer is the Chief Demographer for The Data Center of Southeast Louisiana. Dr. Plyer is co-author of The New Orleans Prosperity Index which examines the extent to which economic outcomes have improved for black New Orleanians since the end of the Civil Rights era. She is also author of The New Orleans Index series, developed in collaboration with Brookings to analyze the state of the recovery post-Katrina and later to track the region’s progress toward prosperity. She served as an editor for the Brookings Institution Press volume entitled “Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the U.S. Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita.” Allison is an international expert in post–Katrina demographics and disaster recovery trends and frequently provides commentary on recovery and development to media such as NPR, the Associated Press, the New York Times, and USA Today. Allison received her Doctorate in Science from Tulane University and has an MBA in marketing and organizational behavior from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. 

Sonal Shah, the Founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown and former Deputy Assistant to President Obama, joins Stacy Kerr and Tony Fratto to discuss inclusive finance and the economic landscape. Sonal shares insights on her experience working on the Biden-Sanders Unity Taskforce, what COVID is exposing in our economy, how to bring new economic voices and perspectives to the forefront, and what government and philanthropic organizations can do to become more nimble.

Georgetown University’s Beeck Center has developed a framework with metrics to enable equitable investments in distressed communities.

Lisa Hall, fair finance lead and fellow-in-residence at the Beeck Center, joins host Katherine Klein to discuss “fair finance,” a term coined at the Beeck Center “to really describe what it means to have shared prosperity using the tools of the financial market.” She also discusses the tools and strategies that could be employed to “increase the fairness of finance” and the lessons learned from other programs that have tried to address inequality. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Georgetown University's Beeck Center has developed a framework with metrics to enable equitable investments in distressed communities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Georgetown University’s Beeck Center has developed a framework with metrics to enable equitable investments in distressed communities.

Connecting leaders to improve policy and service delivery. Tyler Kleykamp, the Director of the State Chief Data Officers Network at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, joined the podcast to talk about how data can be used to inform policy decisions. He shared how he supports Chief Data Officers across the country and the skills needed to become a Chief Data Officer. Tyler also shared his career path, which included being the first Chief Data Officer for the State of Connecticut.  Host: Kirsten Wyatt

Ever wished you found the perfect Blockchain 101 presentation? Well this episode’s for you. Cara LaPointe is a non-resident fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University. And she's created the “Blockchain Ethical Design Framework," to help entrepreneurs develop socially responsible blockchain technologies. What is Blockchain? Is it really the truth technology? LaPointe answers all the questions you might have on this hot new technology. 

Data for good. Three people joined the podcast to talk about the 2020 Census and ways that local governments can ensure their communities get counted. They are all working with the Census Opportunity Project a process for engaging government, communities, and the technology industry to create digital tools related to the Census. Denice Ross is a Fellow in Residence for the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation; Lorena Molina-Irizarry is the Director of Operations of Census Open Innovation Labs; and Drew Zachary is the Co-Director of Census Opportunity Project.  Host: Kirsten Wyatt

Blockchain can help with a variety of social and economic challenges—from securing identity for refugee or homeless populations to minimizing the presence of conflict diamonds in the industry’s supply chain. But at the end of the day, technology is just a tool serving an end, and one that must be handled carefully to manage the values embedded within it. In this recording from our 2019 Data on Purpose conference, Cara LaPointe, senior fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, shares questions and concepts from her Blockchain Ethical Design Framework to help practitioners interrogate whether a technology is created with ethics in mind. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/building_a_more_ethical_blockchain

In today’s data economy, governments should rethink what data can accomplish and work toward facilitating platforms where it can be used efficiently to further the greater public good, say Deloitte’s Bill Eggers and Beeck Center’s Sonal Shah.

The development community is in love with the idea of innovation as a way to accelerate positive change. But are innovation and disruption always positive? What are the unintended consequences from our drive to innovate? Sonal Shah, economist, entrepreneur and Founding Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, joins Patrick Fine to discuss these questions. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. The difference between community redevelopment and gentrification isn’t entirely a subjective judgment left to the eye of the beholder, say Fran Seegull and Jen Collins. Fran is the executive director for the U.S. Impact Investment Alliance and Jen is a fellow-in-residence at the Beeck Center at Georgetown University. They are leading minds on community-based impact investing under Opportunity Zones created by the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The law that created Opportunity Zones did not limit the investments to those with demonstrable social impact. The U.S. Impact Investment Alliance and the Beeck Center have partnered to develop a framework for investing in Opportunity Zones intended to be a defining difference between community redevelopment and gentrification. Click the following link to learn my insider secrets to media publicity for social impact: http://bit.ly/75offmedia.

Should the Treasury Department impose a community impact reporting requirement on Opportunity Zone investing? And what would a reporting framework even look like? John Cochrane is senior associate at the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, which recently created the Opportunity Zones Reporting Framework in partnership with the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation. Show notes and transcript on OpportunityDb.com

“Generally speaking, I think it’s at one level no different for men and women. If you’re in a comfortable place, sometimes it’s hard to be willing to become uncomfortable, but if you want to do great things, it’s going to take doing that through life.” - Jean Case When setting out to investigate the core qualities of great entrepreneurs and changemakers, today’s Finding Brave guest discovered traits that they all had in common. You’ll hear how it isn’t wealth, privilege or even genius, but rather how they choose to make a “big bet,” take bold risks, learn from their failures, reach beyond their bubbles, and let urgency conquer fear. Jean Case, the Chairman of the National Geographic Society and CEO of the Case Foundation, is a philanthropist, investor and internet and impact investing pioneer who advocates for the importance of embracing a more fearless approach to innovate and bring about transformational breakthroughs. She is the author of the new book, Be Fearless: 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose. Her career in the private sector, including as a senior executive at AOL, spanned nearly two decades before co-founding the Case Foundation in 1997. Under her leadership, the Case Foundation has been recognized for its innovative efforts to address significant social challenges, harnessing the best impulses of entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and collaboration to drive exponential impact. In addition, Jean currently serves on the boards of National Geographic Partners, Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), the White House Historical Association and BrainScope Company, Inc. as well as on the advisory boards of the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. What Jean shares today demonstrates that all of us can do extraordinary things. It really just takes understanding that action and commitment is key as is starting where you are and taking the small, empowering steps that will lead you towards the realization of your big idea. To learn more about today's guest, visit: https://casefoundation.org/ 

Federal policy plays a huge role in community development efforts and no federal policy has been a hotter topic this year than Opportunity Zones. For this podcast, we have special guest Lisa Hall—a Senior Fellow at the Beeck Center at Georgetown University focusing on the inclusive economy—who has been on the forefront of thinking about how this new incentive will impact local communities.Support the show (https://secure.givelively.org/donate/local-initiatives-support-corp)

This is a recording of the full "blockchain block" of the Singularity University Global Summit in late August. It features a talk by me on the power of decentralization, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on the evolution of Bitcoin, and Atlas Holdings Group CEO Mickey Costa on distributed autonomous organizations. Following are two panels. The first is on where we are in the development of crypto and how we get consumer adoption with Bill and Galia Benartzi of Bancor. The second is on blockchain for good, with Cara LaPointe of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University and Anne Connelly of Singularity University. It was a great day for a lot of stimulating discussion on where we are in crypto's development and how we can steer it in the direction we want. Thank you to our sponsor! StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained Episode links: Singularity Global Summit: https://su.org/summits/su-global-summit/ Singularity University Global Summit 2018 program: https://su.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SUGS_PROGRAM_2018_AUGUST-21_V4-1.pdf Bill Barhydt: https://twitter.com/billbarhydt Abra: https://www.abra.com Mickey Costa: https://twitter.com/mickeycosta Atlas: https://atlas.money Galia Benartzi: https://www.bancor.network Bancor: https://www.bancor.network Cara LaPointe: http://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/cara-lapointe/ Anne Connelly: https://su.org/about/faculty/anne-connelly/

This is a recording of the full "blockchain block" of the Singularity University Global Summit in late August. It features a talk by me on the power of decentralization, Abra CEO Bill Barhydt on the evolution of Bitcoin, and Atlas Holdings Group CEO Mickey Costa on distributed autonomous organizations. Following are two panels. The first is on where we are in the development of crypto and how we get consumer adoption with Bill and Galia Benartzi of Bancor. The second is on blockchain for good, with Cara LaPointe of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University and Anne Connelly of Singularity University. It was a great day for a lot of stimulating discussion on where we are in crypto's development and how we can steer it in the direction we want. Thank you to our sponsor! StartEngine: https://www.startengine.com/unchained Episode links: Singularity Global Summit: https://su.org/summits/su-global-summit/ Singularity University Global Summit 2018 program: https://su.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SUGS_PROGRAM_2018_AUGUST-21_V4-1.pdf Bill Barhydt: https://twitter.com/billbarhydt Abra: https://www.abra.com Mickey Costa: https://twitter.com/mickeycosta Atlas: https://atlas.money Galia Benartzi: https://www.bancor.network Bancor: https://www.bancor.network Cara LaPointe: http://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/cara-lapointe/ Anne Connelly: https://su.org/about/faculty/anne-connelly/

Imagine you’re a philanthropist with a big pot of money and a pressing social problem you’d like to solve in your city. You gather all the best academic knowledge on the topic, employ an army of consultants to design a cutting-edge solution, and announce the initiative to great fanfare on live television. So far so good, right? Well, if your philanthropic policy-making forgot to talk to the people who might actually be affected, you could find it does a whole lot more harm than good. Such top-down approaches to policy are all too common – and it’s partly because involving the community in decision-making can be difficult and time-consuming. On this week’s podcast, hosts Martyn Pearce and Sue Regan hear from Paul Schmitz, one of America’s most influential non-profit leaders and an expert in community engagement. Topics discussed include the best and the worst cases of community involvement in public policy, how to know whose voices to listen to, and why poor people might be experts on escaping poverty. Paul Schmitz is Senior Advisor at The Collective Impact Forum and the first Innovation Fellow in Residence at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Innovation and Impact. He is recognised as one of America’s most influential non-profit leaders; writes and speaks frequently on social innovation, civic participation, diversity, and community building; and has served on President Obama’s transition team and the White House Council on Community Solutions. Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode: The Prize by Dale Russakoff Too close to home: Why does Australia still struggle with homelessness? with James O’Donnell Impact made easy with Mark Reed An extraordinary use of power by Marianne Dickie Water waste: the dangerous paradox of irrigation efficiency with Sarah Wheeler and Quentin Grafton Policy Forum Pod is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and wherever you get your podcasts. We’d love to hear your feedback for this podcast series! Send in your questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes to podcast@policyforum.net. You can also Tweet us @APPSPolicyForum or find us on Facebook. This episode of Policy Forum Pod was written and produced by Martyn Pearce and Nicky Lovegrove. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who sets up the rules of a blockchain? And how does that impact its users? Could there be unintended consequences? Might the design not account for the potential that bad actors will abuse it? These are questions that Cara LaPointe, a senior fellow at Georgetown University's s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, is about to release a framework for blockchain ethics. She and her team came up with six main areas of focus that blockchain designers should be considering from the outset, starting with governance, identity, data ownership and other factors. As Ethereum is facing the question of how the community should decide what to do with frozen funds or a potential cap on the money supply, LaPointe has some suggestions for how the major players should proceed. She also talks about the dangers of artificial intelligence combined with blockchains. We spoke at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy, at the Blockchain Summit hosted by New America's Blockchain Trust Accelerator. Cara LaPointe: http://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/cara-lapointe/ The Blockchain Ethical Design Framework for Social Impact: http://beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/building-ethical-design-blockchain/ Thank you to the Blockchain Trust Accelerator: https://trustaccelerator.org/ Thank you to the Bellagio Center: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/our-work/bellagio-center/ Thank you to our sponsors! Element Group: http://elementgroup.com/unconfirmed Token Agency: http://tokenagency.com/

Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Jean Case, a philanthropist, investor and pioneer in the world of interactive technologies. She worked in the private sector as a technology executive for nearly two decades, including at America Online Inc., before she and her husband, Steve, created the Case Foundation in 1997. In addition to her role as CEO of the Case Foundation, Jean is chairman of the National Geographic Society Board of Trustees and also serves on the boards of impact of investing in philanthropy Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2), the White House Historical Association and BrainScope Co. Inc. She sits on the advisory boards of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, the Brain Trust Accelerator Fund, and the George W. Bush Presidential Library Center’s Women’s Initiative Policy Advisory Council.

April 28, 2014 What motivates social entrepreneurs? For many, religion serves as a key source of inspiration in the pursuit of entrepreneurial solutions to social problems. This event explored how faith has been a motivator for social entrepreneurs and how faith communities can better employ entrepreneurial methods to achieve social aims. This morning conference featured social entrepreneurs who have been inspired by their faith as well as those who are working to tackle faith-related issues. Participants had the opportunity to engage with speakers and each other and discuss the unique advantages—and challenges—that faith and faith communities can provide in the burgeoning field of social entrepreneurship. This event was co-sponsored and organized by the World Faiths Development Dialogue; the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs; Ashoka: Innovators for the Public; the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation; the SIPS Fund; and the Center for Social Entrepren

April 28, 2014 What motivates social entrepreneurs? For many, religion serves as a key source of inspiration in the pursuit of entrepreneurial solutions to social problems. This event explored how faith has been a motivator for social entrepreneurs and how faith communities can better employ entrepreneurial methods to achieve social aims. This morning conference featured social entrepreneurs who have been inspired by their faith as well as those who are working to tackle faith-related issues. Participants had the opportunity to engage with speakers and each other and discuss the unique advantages—and challenges—that faith and faith communities can provide in the burgeoning field of social entrepreneurship. This event was co-sponsored and organized by the World Faiths Development Dialogue; the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs; Ashoka: Innovators for the Public; the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation; the SIPS Fund; and the Center for Social Entrepren

Sonal Shah moved to Sarajevo at 26 to open their Central Bank in the middle of the War in Bosnia. She was dropped off on the Serb side and told "we'll pick you up in 2 weeks." Listen to Sonal share three personal stories of times when she chose fearlessness, and why she's never regretted it. Sonal Shah is Executive Director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation and a Senior Advisor to President Obama. Produced by Nicole Corbett, Carolyn Rush, and Lela Feldmeier Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Heard

Paul Schmitz is the author of Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up (Jossey-Bass); CEO of Leading Inside Out; Senior Advisor to The Collective Impact Forum; and a fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Innovation and Impact. Schmitz outlined what he learned about leadership from addiction recovery here, for the Huffington Post.