Scaling Impact

Innovative Strategies to Scale with Springboard’s Rebecca Block


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Rebecca Block is an experienced leader focused on continuous learning and innovation grounded in meaningful measures of success, data-informed decision making, and appreciative inquiry practices.


Rebecca has built departments from scratch, managed small and large teams, and navigated a variety of environments from established institutions to the innovative chaos of social entrepreneurship.


Rebecca served as the VP of Research and Evaluation at The Future Project, founding their R&E department and launching new impact evaluation tools, before joining Springboard Collaborative as their Assistant Vice President of Innovation and Improvement. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:


  • Who Springboard Collaborative is and how they help children.
  • The innovative strategies Rebecca uses to scale Springboard's impact.
  • The role of software and technology in scaling accessibility.
  • The ways funding can limit innovation and how to reduce this. 
  • How to present future forecasts while still leaving room for future innovation.


Resources:

  • The Future Project
  • Springboard Collaborative
  • Strategyzer
  • Lean Impact
  • The Lean Startup
  • Equity Meets Design
  • Daniel Stillman
  • NxtStep
  • Podcast Chef


Connecting with Rebecca Block:

  • LinkedIn
  • Email


Connecting with the host:

  • Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

If you'd like to learn how to scale impact at your nonprofit organization by more than double in less than half the time, I'd encourage you to sign up for my free 5 day email course at https://nxtstep.io/impact/.

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