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Talent Finance bridges the gap between employers, training partners, supportive service providers, and capital providers, enabling them to collaborate on self-sustaining talent programs that prepare workers for the specific jobs employers need filled.
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This thought-provoking and inspirational plenary session sought to answer how impact investing can strengthen communities and how communities have been resourceful and resilient in the face of unprecedented challenges. The session featured TED Talk-style presentations…
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Jake Segal recently assumed leadership of Social Finance’s Public Sector Practice, which he helped establish after joining the organization in 2014. Jake discusses his new role and the continued evolution of the Public Sector Practice.
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At SOCAP22, Social Finance Vice President Jake Edwards sat down with Justin Steele, Director, Google.org, Americas and Leila Makarechi, Chief Business Officer, Merit America to discuss learnings from such employer-led investments. The session kicked off with…
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Social Finance is embracing the opportunity to reimagine how we drive change by asking governments, educators, companies, investors, and funders to work together to deliver measurable outcomes.
From the Social Finance Institute
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The most effective institutions in the next century will draw on a smarter spending toolkit, drawing on deeper partnerships, more accountability, and better feedback mechanisms to do more good, more efficiently.
From the Social Finance Institute
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From the Social Finance Institute
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Ramona Schindelheim, editor-in-chief of WorkingNation, sits down with David Socolow and Tracy Palandjian to discuss the New Jersey Pay It Forward Program.
