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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

This week, join us as we revisit the question, “What are best practices of those nonprofits that make the transition from small budget to large budget impact and growth?” Kathleen Janus, author of Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference, emphasizes: creating a culture of innovation; measuring impact for better scaling; finding an appropriate funding model;  embracing collective leadership; and utilizing storytelling for growth.

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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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

In this episode, Tim has a wonderful conversation with Kathleen Janus. It is very clear from the beginning that Kathleen is confident in who she is, the work she does, and the impact she wants to make for those who want to see social change in people, communities and the world. OUR CONVERSATION: Hearing ‘NO’ is an open door for other opportunities and future connections Work on your response when you hear NO, learn to elevate yourself in the situation We all need to reframe failure as learning How Kathleen started out getting involved with Social Startups Her involvement and what she learned from her first venture, ‘Spark’ Her drive for getting involved started in the community Her peers had the energy for something great but needed an avenue + outlet Why Kathleen wrote the book “Social Start-Up Success” Just because you scale revenue doesn’t equate to scaling impact Our potential to be activists for our communities, causes and, organizations The importance of making a difference and not just feel good about ourselves The story of Rob and his journey as a young person who learned starting an organization is more than one’s charisma and passion Connection with your community and the importance of proximity Understand that good intention can be completely misguided when learning + nurturing should be the priority Communities are overlooked and not afforded access to the resources available and the reasons why Removing our ego from our efforts Every organization needs to take a better look at their team and how they are functioning ABOUT KATHLEEN: Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship. 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. Her book – Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference – is a playbook for nonprofit organizations based on a five-year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social innovators.   An attorney, Kathleen has spearheaded numerous social justice initiatives. Kathleen is a co-founder of Spark – a network of over 10,000 millennial donors – which seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy. As a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, Kathleen helped launch and direct Stanford Law School’s international human rights clinics in Namibia and South Africa. She has also served as pro bono counsel at Covington and Burling and a litigation associate at Thelen Reid & Priest.    Kathleen is currently the board chair of both Accountability...

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

Typically, we are into starting something new. People are into starting new nonprofits instead of joining forces with a nonprofit with similar organizations. Moreover, we have some $200,000 nonprofits that are not growing, meeting their mission, or increasing their impact. Many forgo the steps for scaling and optimizing significance when jumping to start a nonprofit, and this is problematic. To further our understanding, we bring in social entrepreneur, lecturer, and Co-Founder of Spark™, Kathleen Janus. Kathleen discusses her upcoming book Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference as the playbook of how to support and play your role in the nonprofit sector. She emphasizes: Creating a culture of innovation Measuring impact for better scaling Finding an appropriate funding model Embracing collective leadership Utilizing storytelling for growth   Links: Kathleen’s website: www.kathleenjanus.com Kathleen’s link to purchase book and accessories: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/socialstartupsuccess.html Entrepreneurship Survey Report: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Social Start-up Success Evaluation Tool kit: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Twitter: www.twitter.com/@kkellyjanus   *****Timestamped Highlights**** (3:09) Kathleen shares her inspiration in writing her book  (5:04) A common obstacle nonprofits face (7:00) Getting over the hump: growing your budget from 500,000 to 2,000,000 with 5 steps (7:30) Step 1: Create a culture of innovation- the importance of testing and improving as they grow. (7:45) Step 2: Measuring impact to scale more quickly (8:35) How to measure impact and scale with relatively little money in the bank (10:03) Braven: an organization measuring impact by using specific data metrics (11:48)- Advancing your metrics: Testing the Counterfactual: (14:04) Step 3: Find your funding model (15:05) Step 4: Build a culture of collective leadership for growth (16:26) Number 5: Make storytelling a practice for growth (22:00) Kathleen shares a dirty secret and honest truth (23:20) A Success Story from Focusing on Resources: Last Mile Health Women’s Healthcare Clinic (28:36) Problematic tendency: lack of incentive to acknowledge failure in the nonprofit sector. (32:05) Kathleen shares how she knows when it is time to quit

Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Kathleen Janus, social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University, about a great, new book: Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference. Links & Notes KathleenJanus.com