Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green

The Idealist Public Service Careers podcast features an interview
with Lara Galinsky, Vice President of Strategy at Echoing Green.
This year Echoing Green is celebrating its 20th anniversary of
funding social change through identifying, investing and fostering
visionary leaders and their new organizations. Through a two-year
program, Echoing Green helps its network of fellows develop new
solutions to society’s most difficult problems. In its 20 years,
Echoing Green has invested $25 million in start up grants to 450
social entrepreneurs and their organizations. To learn more, visit
www.echoinggreen.org. Idealist.org's Amy Potthast and Lara talk
about risk-taking in social entrepreneurship, how to measure social
returns on an investment, common characteristics of the visionaries
funded by Echoing Green, and the book Be Bold that she
co-authored with Cheryl E. Dorsey on creating a career "with
impact." Thanks to Eden Essick for research assistance.

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