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Have you ever wondered how public-private partnerships can help solve large-scale social issues? Today's guest, Kathleen Kelly Janus, shares her experience leading impactful collaborations ...

"Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change" by Greg Satell (2019) (http://bit.ly/3q5vox6) "It is never enough to merely state grievances to challenge the status quo. To create meaningful change, you must put forward an affirmative vision for what you want the future to look like. Again, this is not about messaging. It's not enough to merely express your grievances more artfully. You have to define an alternative that is actually better, not just for those who agree with you, but for the vast majority of those who will be affected by the change you seek" (p. 117). References: Greg Satell (https://twitter.com/Digitaltonto) Yuval Noah Harari (https://twitter.com/harari_yuval) "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari (https://bit.ly/3bZgbu3) Jennifer Pitts (https://bit.ly/2MHdIKF) "Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference" by Kathleen Kelly Janus (http://bit.ly/3baWC1e) Futerra Sustainability Communications (https://www.wearefuterra.com/) "Sizzle: The New Climate Message" by Futerra Sustainability Communications (https://bit.ly/3rdfClh) David C. Korten (https://twitter.com/dkorten) "Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth" by David C. Korten (https://bit.ly/3n8iixH) Alexis Hoag (https://twitter.com/alexis_hoag) Derrick Bell's Interest Convergence and the Permanence of Racism: A Reflection on Resistance (http://bit.ly/3sKJ2aF) Michael Lipset, PhD of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/) Connect: Twitter (https://twitter.com/mjcraw) Website (https://www.mjcraw.com) Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)

Last week you heard from the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Ann O’Leary, about our proposed budget and, with it, our priorities for the year. At the top of that list is the housing crisis and the most urgent face of that crisis, the stark and tragic rise in homelessness. Today, we’re going to start there, by taking a closer look at the housing and homeless situation. First up, a conversation I had the Governor’s Chief Economic and Business Advisor, Lenny Mendonca, and the Governor’s Senior Advisor on Social Innovation, Kathleen Kelly Janus who have been leading our efforts to partner with the business community. And then we’ll hear from Rebecca Foster, who – I promise you – will give you the best if not one of the best, data-driven, impact-oriented explanations of the housing crisis that you have ever heard. This issue is an everything issue, meaning it involves a lot of things at once. We need more housing supply, with more zoning for density. We need a lower cost way to build housing, with quicker permit times, so that we can make the housing we’re building more affordable. We need the average worker to earn better wages so they can more easily afford the housing that’s on the market. Ultimately, each of us, in each of our communities across the state, as you’ll hear at the end of this episode from Rebecca, needs to do some soul-searching to understand what we’re willing to give up in order to help this state we love deal with its most urgent crisis.

This week:  Scale Up & Sustain It’s a question I hear often from nonprofit leaders: “How does my organization get to the next level?” Kathleen Kelly Janus’s research leads her to the answers and she shares them with you. Her … Continue reading →

The state of philanthropy on this episode of Made in California! We've talked a lot about how, given the staggering levels of inequality in our state we need to build a strategy of inclusive and sustainable economic growth. While there are a lot of parts to that work the one we will unpack today is how we can partner with philanthropy. As you join us in this discussion, carry this quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with you: "Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause a philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice, which make philanthropy necessary." Kathleen Kelly Janus, Governor Newsom's Senior Advisor on Social Innovation joins us as the guest host of this episode.

This past June, Governor Newsom named Kathleen Kelly Janus as his senior advisor on Social Innovation. This new position in the Office of the Governor elevates the role of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations as innovators and illustrates how our state’s philanthropy sector is poised to take cross-sector collaboration to the next level. Access the full show notes at siliconvalleycf.org 

Research shows that when talented social innovators lack “invisible capital”—the so-called right pedigree, right passport, right skin color, right gender—they may fail to get the attention and investment they need to succeed. How can leaders in philanthropy improve access to capital? What tools can help nonprofit leaders overcome these barriers and get the support they need? Social entrepreneur, author, and Stanford University lecturer Kathleen Kelly Janus leads a discussion about these questions with Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey, Whitman Institute Co-executive Director Pia Infante, and California Endowment CEO Robert Ross. “Philanthropy is reinforcing many of the very forms of inequality that we are all working so hard to solve,” Janus says. Dorsey identifies three main systemic barriers—a lack of access to capital and opportunities, psychological stress from social exclusion, and the unequal control of resources and political power in society—as some of the challenges to achieving more equitable investment. Funders have to take a structural response to addressing these barriers, says Ross. Solutions might include changing the makeup of board rooms, staffs, and leadership teams. Or it might mean looking out for emerging leaders who haven’t already received major investment, and supporting them or having funders participate in implicit bias training. “You can’t see what you can’t see,” Infante says. “It’s important who’s in those choosing seats.” https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/dismantling_invisible_barriers_to_capital

Stanford lecturer Kathleen Kelly Janus talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her book, "Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference." In this episode: (01:17) Janus's background and what social entrepreneurship is; (05:26) What works and what doesn't; (08:36) For-profits and nonprofits; (13:11) What nonprofits have to do to get ahead; (18:40) New forms of fundraising and leadership; (22:35) The power of storytelling; (29:13) Where philanthropy is going; (35:07) Examples of innovative philanthropy; (39:16) Explosions of fundraising online Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With today’s social media world and our abundance of information that’s thrown our way, we can very easily get discouraged about the world around us. Sometimes we feel like there’s so much hurt and sadness in the world, and we get overwhelmed, we feel like the apocalypse is nigh. But the truth is, it’s just not true. Yes, there are bad things in the world, but there’s also so much good, and there’s so much room for good! There are so many people and businesses changing and impacting lives, and sometimes the space between a person’s success or failure when it comes to doing good is just a matter of support or education or access to the right resources. The fact is, we cannot change the world on our own. We were made to do it in community. My guest this week is Kathleen Kelly Janus, an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement, and scaling early-stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechCrunch, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the co-founder of Spark, the largest network of millennial donors in the world. Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, her book Social Startup Success features best practices for  early-stage, nonprofit organizations based on a 5 year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social entrepreneurs. Kathleen is one of those people that I instantly felt smarter just by talking with her. But in all seriousness, her passion is infectious and I loved my chat with Kathleen, and I know you will too!   RISE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP More and more companies these days are developing social impact programs, and for good reason. According to Kathleen, 85% of millennials ask about a company’s social impact program before taking a job, which is changing the role of business in the social sphere. Kathleen explains why she believes that soon all entrepreneurship will be in pursuit of the greater good. GETTING KIDS INVOLVED From an early age, both Kathleen and I were raised on the idea of helping others, which has driven us to instill the same values in our own kiddos. Children understand so much more than we give them credit for, and explaining the realities of the ways other people live is so important in kids’ growth. Kathleen and I talk about how philanthropy plays a role in our own kids’ lives.  SHARING THE STORY At so many fundraising events, I see too much focus on raising money for a cause and not enough focus on the cause itself. Kathleen brings up the idea that in order to to build a movement, an organization must be able to tell a story. Organizations so often fail in this area, skipping the details or leaving out the passions and the personal connections are a part of the cause. The organizations who focus on the community and tell a good story are always the best organizations. About Kathleen Kelly Janus, Co-founder of Spark and Author of  Social Startup Success: Kathleen Kelly Janus is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechCrunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the co-founder of Spark, the largest network of millennial donors in the world. Based in the heart of the Silicon Valley, her forthcoming book, Social Startup Success, features best practices for early stage nonprofit organizations based on a five-year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social entrepreneurs. About Social Startup Success: What Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is calling an “important catalyst for training the next generation of social entrepreneurs on how to change the world,” Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference, by Stanford lecturer and Spark Co-Founder Kathleen Kelly Janus, is a guidebook for how to achieve breakthrough impact in the nonprofit sector. For the past five years, Janus has traveled the country visiting the founders, leadership teams, and funders of dozens social entrepreneurs, both newcomers and veterans in the field, including the leaders of Teach for America, City Year, DonorsChoose and charity:water. The book features her findings, detailing best practices for testing ideas, measuring impact, funding experimentation, leading collectively and storytelling with purpose. Social Startup Success is a social entrepreneurship’s essential playbook; the first definitive guide to solving the problem of nonprofit scale. CONNECT WITH KATHLEEN: Spark Website Kathleen’s Website Social Startup Success Twitter: @kkellyjanus Facebook: Kathleen Kelly Janus LinkedIn: Kathleen Kelly Janus Special thanks to CAUSEBOX for sponsoring this week’s Business with Purpose podcast. Use coupon code MOLLY for $15 off! Join my Purchase with Purpose Facebook group and let’s continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/purchasewithpurpose/ Subscribe to the Business with Purpose podcast (and I’d love it if you left a review** on iTunes!) 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Your nonprofit has hit a wall and you want to scale up. But how? Why do some organizations grow and others do not? In this episode, Kathleen demystifies the process for “biggie-sizing” your nonprofit.

Your nonprofit has hit a wall and you want to scale up. But how? Why do some organizations grow and others do not? In this episode, Kathleen demystifies the process for “biggie-sizing” your nonprofit.

Your nonprofit has hit a wall and you want to scale up. But how? Why do some organizations grow and others do not? In this episode, Kathleen demystifies the process for “biggie-sizing” your nonprofit. The post Ep 59: Scaling Up Your Nonprofit (with Kathleen Kelly Janus) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

You all know how I love serendipity—well, this week's guest, Stanford professor and philanthropist Kathleen Kelly Janus, and I met in one of my favorite ways! Sitting next to each other on an airplane. Kathleen was traveling to New York City to meet with publishers to try to get a book deal, Pivot was about to come out, and I had known her agent Lisa DiMona for many years (she represented Seth Godin at the time I met him).  I'm thrilled to share that in the two years since we met, Kathleen's book,  Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference, has launched! In this episode we dive into what makes fundraising for non-profits different from for-profit businesses, why so many hit revenue plateaus, why success is based far more on measurable inputs and small experiments than having a "genius" founder, and how to get involved with causes you care about if you find the vast array of volunteering and donating opportunities a bit intimidating. 

Learn how to explore social entrepreneurship options in your career with Kathleen Kelly Janus, author of Social Startup Success. The post Explore Social Entrepreneurship With Kathleen Kelly Janus (191) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

Good ideas and intentions are not enough to solve the world’s most pressing problems. Many early-stage organizations fail because they lack the tools they need to grow—especially when it comes to collecting data and measuring impact. Data is essential for nonprofit scaling because it not only attracts funders but also allows organizations to prove and improve on their mission. In this recording from our 2018 Data on Purpose conference, Kathleen Kelly Janus, a social entrepreneur, Stanford lecturer, and author of Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference, shares insights on the strategies organizations need to succeed. As Janus writes, 75 percent of organizations report that they collect data, yet only 6 percent feel they use it effectively. Data is only as good as an organization’s ability to use it. Janus argues that the nonprofit sector as a whole has a responsibility to help organizations improve in this regard. To do this, funders must end the “nonprofit starvation cycle” by supporting data collection. And nonprofits must focus their data collection on long-term outcomes and instill the importance of data collection within their staff and organizational culture. Not every outcome can be measured, but every nonprofit can find metrics that fit its services and goals. Additional resources: Creating a Data Culture Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference Three Things Every Growing Nonprofit Needs to Scale @kkellyjanus https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/how_nonprofits_can_find_data_driven_success

Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University. She recently released her book called Social Startup Success. She joins Charlie today to discuss how nonprofits maximize their impact by adopting some of the same strategies that modern, for-profit organizations are using. They also touch on how the non-profit sector unintentionally reinforces the same inequities they’re attempting to solve. Key Takeaways: [1:30] – SaneBox is a great resource for managing your email inbox. See link below for more information! [3:15] – Kathleen’s origin story: Kathleen grew up in a small town in California where she spent weekends volunteering and giving back to her community. Her parents instilled this virtue in her, but also spent time talking about the importance of the organizations caring for vulnerable communities, and whether they had the resources necessary to do so. Kathleen experienced this firsthand when she started her own nonprofit, Spark, but they capped out at $500,000 in revenue and they couldn’t get the capital that they needed to grow. [5:00] – Kathleen started to research the top-performer organizations in the country to understand why some organizations succeed and manage to scale, and others don’t. This research culminated in her book, Social Startup Success. It highlights five basic strategies that successful organizations seemed to implement to get to their level of success. [6:00] – Scale can mean different things to different people. For Kathleen in her book, scale is about getting to a level of sustainability, so organizations aren’t struggling to survive but are able to focus on their social impact. Charlie talks about the tension between scaling and sustainability: sometimes strategies used to scale can keep you from being sustainable, and on the other hand, some versions of sustainability prevent you from being able to scale. [8:00] – One of the speed bumps people often encounter in starting and running nonprofits is the previously mentioned $500,000 revenue block, but there are others that come up as well. The five strategies Kathleen outlines in her book are the ones that target what organizations get the most tripped-up over. The strategies are innovation, impact, funding experimentation and fundraising, leading collaboratively, and storytelling. [10:15] – In the business world, sometimes when an organization reaches a speed bump, they might have to change the nature of their organization in order to scale and grow. Nonprofits often experience these fundraising speed bumps, and different organizations will have to treat them differently depending on their scale. Kathleen talks about some of the steps to overcoming speed bumps as revenue increases. There is testing, or figuring out which revenue stream works best for your organization. As revenue increases, it’s about perfecting that strategy for scale. It’s important to be intentional about your strategy for scaling given the stage of your business so you choose a strategy that will allow you to continue great work without wasted time, effort, or heart (especially for nonprofits). [15:10] – While strategies to grow can be learned, time is the enemy when it comes to some of the social issues many nonprofits are trying to solve. It is Kathleen’s hope that through Social Startup Success and capacity building, they can give organizations the tools they need to grow their business efficiently and effectively. Many nonprofits focus on serving the next generation (not necessarily adult customers), and it requires us to have a longer view, while at the same time taking action now. [17:35] – A big part of Kathleen’s thesis is that many nonprofits are operating in an old-fashioned way, and they could modernize to maximize their impact. What Kathleen has noticed is that many organizations have been doing good work in the community for years, but have grown accustomed to that work and don’t think about gaining a fresh perspective. There have been improvements in technology that allow organizations to measure their impact better. Donors have also changed, and often want to do more than just cut a check. For nonprofits, it’s important to learn how to leverage your donors and get them more involved in the causes. [20:20] – Charlie talks about how in the business sector, organizations must adapt or they die. A similar trend happens in the non-profit sector, but market forces don’t exist in the same way. There are a lot of factors that keep nonprofits afloat that maybe aren’t having the impact that they should have. If you are involved in a nonprofit, it’s important to really think about whether you’re having an impact or not. If not, maybe think about course correction that can get you back on track with the work you really want to be doing. [21:05] – There seems to be a lack of willingness to be transparent in the non-profit sector, and this often prevents organizations from finding ways to improve. Funders don’t require this transparency, and then there is no incentive for organizations to be honest about what’s working and what’s not. To create better systems, you have to have that honesty. A level of transparency is also important for your donors as well, so they know where their money is going. [24:25] – If you’re listening to this episode and aren’t involved in a non-profit organization, but still want to support a social cause you care about, there are other ways to get involved! There are so many channels for people to help make a difference these days. Many companies are integrating social change work and volunteer work into their everyday work. [25:40] - You can also give back time and skills - it doesn’t always have to be monetary. Kathleen shares several examples of how you can donate professional skills. Think about what you’re passionate about and what you care about, and find organizations that are going to be the most effective. You might be spread thin across several organizations, but focusing on fewer at a deeper level might make more of a difference. [29:30] - There are some organizations that aren’t getting funded, as well as organizations that are not involved in the non-profit sector that should be. Oftentimes we’re funding people from privileged backgrounds to start organizations at the expense of community-based leaders who are already connected to the communities they’re serving, but may not have the language to talk about their work or the resources. Ideally there would be philanthropic systems for giving out capital in ways that don’t just reward who has the most networks or biggest business plan, but who is making the most impact on an effective level. Racial and gender bias comes into play here too, with white-founded and male-founded organizations typically receiving more funding. [34:00] - There should be a diversity of decision-making in the non-profit sector, and organizations also must be reflective of the communities they’re serving, or they’re not going to be effective. There are two levels of effectiveness: operationally effective and culturally effective. Philanthropic systems don’t always understand the extent to which they are reinforcing the very issues they’re trying to solve, and that’s where there needs to be more awareness. [35:35] - Is there a difference between being involved and becoming an activist? We all have something to give in this world, and we all have the capacity to be activists for causes that we care about. If we can all think about how we can do our part to be activists, we can begin to solve problems. [37:20] - There have been some different trends since the 60’s and 70’s, and one of the big ones is that social issues have been assigned to the government to fix. If you’re thinking about becoming an activist, think about how you can get involved in your community to solve your community’s problems. It doesn’t necessarily have to be on a larger scale to make a difference. [38:55] - One of the things that surprised Kathleen most in her research is that from her interviews, she began to realize that we all have the ability to learn how to do our work better. It comes down to the fundamental strategies that all organizations have to implement in order to be more effective. Passion and charisma can only get you so far. It’s the people who get in there and do the work that are most effective. Collective leadership is also a key to being more effective. [41:36] - Now that she’s out on the book trail, it’s been interesting for Kathleen to see what resonates with other people. The issue of bias seems to put people on the edge of their chairs. [42:55] - Kathleen’s challenge for listeners is to get involved in a cause that you care about. It doesn’t matter what the cause is - if you get involved in something, you can have an impact in your community and together we can make the world a better place. Mentioned in This Episode: Productive Flourishing Kathleen Janus Social Startup Success, by Kathleen Janus SaneBox Spark The Deepest Well, by Nadine Burke Harris Good to Great, by Jim Collins

What exactly does it take to make a social startup a success? Kathleen Janus has seen the successes and failures of many social startups, and she's learned from her own experiences, lessons learned from people like Oprah, and much more. She's come up with five strategies for success, and she has figured out the common factors among most successful startups. Hear her story, what she's discovered about social startups, and much more!Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University's Program on Social Entrepreneurship. She's the author of Social Startup Success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

What exactly does it take to make a social startup a success? Kathleen Janus has seen the successes and failures of many social startups, and she's learned from her own experiences, lessons learned from people like Oprah, and much more. She's come up with five strategies for success, and she has figured out the common factors among most successful startups. Hear her story, what she's discovered about social startups, and much more!Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University's Program on Social Entrepreneurship. She's the author of Social Startup Success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kathleen Kelly Janus, author of Social Startup Success discusses key insights gained from hundreds of interviews conducted with social enterprise and non profit leaders and shares trends in philanthropy, policy, millennial engagement and collaboration with government.

Today's special guest is Kathleen Kelly Janus, an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University, and an expert on philanthropy, Millennial engagement, and scaling early stage organizations. For the past five years, Janus has traveled the country visiting the founders, leadership teams, and funders of 100 social entrepreneurs, both newcomers and veterans in the field, including the leaders of Teach for America, City Year, DonorsChoose and charity:water. In today's podcast, Janus shares a few of her findings, including best practices to: Boost the survival rate of your nonprofit Test Ideas Fund Experimentation Measure Impact Tell stories with purpose Her new book, Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference, is a playbook for nonprofit organizations to get over the revenue hump. To learn more or get your copy, visit http://www.kathleenjanus.com

Have you ever wondered what successful social enterprises do differently? On this call, Kathleen Kelly Janus shares about many aspects of social entrepreneurship. These findings are a result of hundreds of conversations Kathleen had with social entrepreneurs over the last few years. In the interview, she shares 5 specific strategies (from her book, Social StartUp Success) that she found successful social entrepreneurship ventures use. These include: • Test ideas first • Begin measuring impact early • While scaling up, test out different revenue models • Practice collective leadership • Tell a good story About the Speaker: Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tech Crunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the co-founder of Spark, the largest network of millennial donors in the world. Based in the heart of the Silicon Valley, her forthcoming book, Social Startup Success, features best practices for early stage nonprofit organizations based on a five-year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social entrepreneurs. She can be reached on Twitter via @kkellyjanus and at www.kathleenjanus.com. Visit www.socialgoodinstigators.com to find the podcast, transcript, and to sign up to receive notifications as new episodes are released (every 2-3 weeks). Episodes are also available via Stitcher, iTunes, GooglePlay, and iHeartRadio.

Kathleen Kelly Janus Back for another episode of the Bonfires of Social Enterprise. Kathleen Kelly Janus is our guest discussing her new book, Social Startup Success, How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference. Kathleen is an award-winning social entrepreneur, lawyer, and lecturer at Stanford University, where she teaches social entrepreneurship.  And, as usual, we have a great Detroit artist playing a full song at the end of the episode so stay tuned.   http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/KathleenJanus53369.jpg () http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/KathleenJanus53468.jpg () http://bonfiresofsocialenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SocialStartup_3Dcover.png () For the full transcript click below Read Full Transcript Hello there, this is Romy back for another episode on the Bonfires of Social Enterprise. We have author, Kathleen Kelly Janus, as our guest discussing her new book, Social Startup Success, How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference. Kathleen is an award-winning social entrepreneur, lawyer, and lecturer at Stanford University, where she teaches social entrepreneurship. And, as usual, we have a great Detroit artist playing a full song at the end of the episode so stay tuned. Before we get rolling down the lane with good advice from Kathleen, let's see what Natalie has come up with for our Fun Fuel for this episode. I'm Natalie Hazen and I am bringing you this episode's Fun Fuel. Since this episode talks about Non-profits not operating on survival mode, I started thinking about what survival mode really means and I my mind drifted to cool animal survival instincts. Survival instincts are inherent to all creatures great and small. I often wonder how animals survive natural disasters such as wildfires and tornados. I think of the birds being whipped around by such high winds and wonder if they get swooped up in the turbulence or soar higher. According to TuftsNow.com, birds can ride out intense storms by taking advantage of microhabitats. Gale force winds can knock even the sturdiest of tv weatherman off their gait, but birds can seek shelter on the lee side of trees or deep inside thick hedges. The decrease in wind speed in these microhabitats can be huge, and as long as they stay put, they are not actually buffeted much by the wind. Now they do need to find food to last out the storms. There are some reports of birds increasing foraging activity as a storm approaches, which indicate some birds can detect subtle changes in air pressure, which can indicate an approaching storm. When this happens, they immediately try to get as much food as possible. The more fat a bird has, the better chance it has of surviving and riding out a long-standing storm. So let's join up with Romy and today's guest to learn more about nonprofits not operating on survival mode. Love it, love it, love it. Thanks, Natalie! Alrighty, I had the opportunity to talk with Kathleen while she was in San Francisco preparing for her book launch. I mentioned earlier that Kathleen is a lecturer at Stanford, but she is also a co-founder of Spark among other human rights organizations. She informally advises a variety of non-profits and social entrepreneurs in San Francisco and more globally. Let's drop in on our conversation and learn more about Kathleen and her great new book. Romy: What prompted you to start to write a book on how to scale? Kathleen: Well, this is a really critical question, as you know, Romy, and I think that it can be a controversial word, like a four-letter word, in the nonprofit sector and the for-profit sector because I think a lot of people would say that scale isn't necessarily a good thing for a number of reasons. Maybe we don't want big organizations. Maybe we want a lot of organizations working together. Maybe we want more Mom and Pop organizations that communities know best how to solve...

Kathleen Kelly Janus talks about how the best non-profits launch, scale up and make a difference.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. Kathleen Kelly Janus, Stanford Lecturer and author of Social Startup Success, began her education in social entrepreneurship as a child, skipping church with her parents to help the homeless. That foundation led her to start a nonprofit called Spark alongside her legal career. The book is about how to scale a nonprofit, with a focus on helping one reach a key milestone of sustainability: a $2 million annual budget. Written from the perspective of 100 nonprofits who did just that, the fresh take on growth in this key sector of the economy, the book is a must-read for nonprofit leaders. Check out my free webinar where I share the secrets of successful nonprofit crowdfunding at http://crowdfundingforsocialgood.org.

In this podcast I talk with Kathleen Kelly-Janus, author of Social Startup Success. In this interview we talk about the different factors involved in building a nonprofit into a sustainable, profitable (yes, you can make money) and affective organization. Kathleen is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street […]

Kathleen Kelly Janus is the author of the new book, Social Startup Success. The book focuses on "...best practices for testing ideas, measuring impact, funding experimentation, leading collectively and storytelling with purpose." Host Steve Boland talks to Kathleen about falling in love with fixing a problem rather than with a specific solution, measuring outputs vs. outcomes, testing and revising programs or interventions, design thinking in problem solving, and more.

In this week's episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil debate the Asian fetish of some alt-right white nationalists, President Trump’s plan to revoke protections for Salvadorans, and the raw water craze.   Support Past Present at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast   Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:   White nationalism is not necessarily incompatible with heterosexual romantic attraction to Asian women, Audrea Lim wrote in the New York Times. Niki referred to Asian women’s complicity in this dynamic as akin to that of alt-right women more broadly, as discussed in Harper’s. Natalia and Niki referred to this Plan A article explaining how anti-Asian gender stereotyping also marginalizes Asian-American men. Niki referred to Jeffrey Guo’s reporting in the Washington Post that it wasn’t unique drive among Asian-Americans that made them a “model minority”, but the gradual diminishing of anti-Asian racism. We all recommend Ellen D. Wu’s book The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority. The Trump administration has announced that it will revoke “Temporary Protected Status” for nearly 200,000 Salvadorans who benefit from it. Niki cited Carly Goodman’s Washington Post article pointing to the origins of TPS. “Raw water” is all the rage among a certain subset of the wellness world, reported publications from the New York Times to the National Review. Natalia cited Tamara Venit Shelton’s Public Seminar article about the origins of the obsession with “natural living.”   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia commented on Kathleen Kelly Janus’ new book Social Startup Success. Neil discussed the controversy over this New York Times obituary of LDS president Thomas Monson. He also referred to this catalog of all obituaries of LDS presidents. Niki shared this New York Times article about #MeToo pioneer Patricia Douglas.

Kathleen Kelly Janus by Jeff Schechtman

Poll after poll tell us that people have lost faith in government and in big institutions to solve the nation’s or even the world's problems. As that disconnect grows, and it will likely continue to, we are looking more and more to local centric, often non-profit institutions to do the heavy lifting. But what will those non profits look like? As donors today want rapid and measurable results, metrics, and an entrepreneurial spirit and business approach, that will certainly not resemble your father's non-profit. To help us understand this transition and what may very well be the future of non-profits, as a growing instrument of public policy, I’m joined by Kathleen Kelly Janus, the author of Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference. My conversation with Kathleen Kelly Janus:

In this interview we talk about scaling your social venture with Kathleen Kelly Janus who is an award-winning social entrepreneur, lawyer, and lecturer at Stanford University, where she teaches social entrepreneurship. She is also a cofounder of Spark, and is Chair of the Board of Directors of Accountability Counsel, a startup human rights organization. Janus informally advises a variety of other nonprofits and social entrepreneurs both locally and globally.

Kathleen Kelly Janus is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tech Crunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the co-founder of Spark, the […]