Lara Galinsky of Echoing Green - a podcast by Idealist.org

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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