Accelerating our Impact: Philanthropy, Innovation and Social Change
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Effecting lasting social change takes both knowledge <strong>and</strong> wisdom. These are not the<br />
same things. Knowledge can be gained <strong>and</strong> shared through study, consultation, evaluation,<br />
research <strong>and</strong> development, <strong>and</strong> traditional dissemination, but the wisdom to<br />
properly apply knowledge in the service of social change also requires experience <strong>and</strong><br />
critical analyses over time. All of these are part of the process of continuous learning<br />
in which funders <strong>and</strong> organizations must engage to become better at what we do.<br />
“Where is the wisdom we have<br />
lost in knowledge?<br />
Where is the knowledge we have<br />
lost in information?”<br />
T.S. Eliot<br />
3.1<br />
The role of developmental<br />
evaluation in sustaining<br />
social innovation<br />
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