I find TEDTalks content rich, entertaining and well presented. The prime example? Ernesto Sirolli’s presentation entitled, Want to help someone? Shut up and listen! During his presentation, Sirolli shares several experiences about the dynamics and challenges of solving social problems. Interestingly, … Continue reading
Almost one year ago, I wrote a blog discussing why The Patterson Foundation invested in supporting the Sarasota County System of Care initiative. With a community update shared Tuesday to the Sarasota County Commission, I wanted to share more about … Continue reading
A year after Sarasota’s three biggest providers of care for the uninsured and underinsured started collaborating with support from The Patterson Foundation, there’s significant progress to report — progress that illustrates even baby steps are big wins for patients and … Continue reading
I have read with interest about two large collaborations, including one with Sarasota Memorial Health Care System exploring aligning with BayCare Health System to decrease costs, increase revenues and to strategically grow revenues over time. In the other, USF Health is entering … Continue reading
The future of the effectiveness of disaster response hinges on the ability to capture, distill and share information. Our partner, NetHope has started a sizeable initiative to do just this. The Open Humanitarian Initiative aims to improve information sharing and information management … Continue reading
Some issues or problems are so big and complex that no one single entity or sector alone can make a significant impact. Think poverty. Think education. Think healthcare. So when the Department of Health and Human Services identified a goal … Continue reading
In the nonprofit and philanthropic worlds, there is much talk about collaborations and partnerships. It seems that most everyone wants to be “in one” and yet, everyone defines these words differently! So what are “collaborations” or “partnerships”? For The Patterson … Continue reading
Rob Lane and I just attended the Social Impact Exchange Conference, which this year focused on “scaling impact” as it brought together funders, advisors, wealth managers, intermediaries, nonprofits, researchers and others. From a definition point of view, Scaling Impact means many … Continue reading
By: Michael Corley, The Patterson Foundation and Mary Ellen Grant, Share the Care You know when you want something to work so badly, but over time, you realize it wasn’t meant to be? That is how Mary Ellen and I … Continue reading
Recently, I discussed how Share the Care, a nonprofit in Orlando, FL, is using a financial thrivability model to sustain and expand its mission. This model didn’t just “happen,” in fact, it continues to evolve as circumstances change and more is … Continue reading