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“The right way to expand a nonprofit’s impact is to build programs on three pillars: breadth, depth, and durability. Scaling means advancing all three of these dimensions simultaneously. And while the specific metrics an organization uses will vary, some version of each of those elements must be measured and advanced together to stay on track,” said author Mona Mourshed.

Mourshed list specific examples of nonprofit networks successfully achieving global impact, including Generation, the Community Health Impact Coalition and Last Mile Health.

“If the real goal is growth, then remember this: Growth is merely the outcome of all the inputs that drive it.”

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“The Summit brought together thought leaders and creative economy experts to discuss opportunities and challenges for creative workers and entrepreneurs, as well as building a more community-centered creative economy. Topics ranged from opportunities for, and threats to, creative workers and entrepreneurs, in addition to impact investing and building creative economy infrastructure through networks and policy.”

Grantmakers in the Arts Vice President, Nadia Elokdah, was one of forty conference speakers that participated in the Creative Vitality Summit.

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