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	<title>Making Connections: MACDC&#039;s Blog &#187; Innovation</title>
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		<title>Could 2012 be the best year for Massachusetts CDCs since 1982?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2012/01/could-2012-be-the-best-year-for-massachusetts-cdcs-since-1982/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Development Partnership Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting in the mid 1970s, Mel King and other visionary leaders of the community development movement worked systematically to build a support infrastructure for CDCs in Massachusetts. They understood that such a system could grow what was then a nascent movement of community based development organizations, largely in Boston, and transform it into a robust, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we getting too smart for our own good?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/11/are-we-getting-too-smart-for-our-own-good/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/11/are-we-getting-too-smart-for-our-own-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I greatly enjoyed Russ Douthat’s column in last week’s Sunday New York Times called “Our Reckless Meritocracy.&#8221;  Reflecting on former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s fall from grace, Douthat notes that many super smart and super successful leaders in business and politics have “led us off a cliff — mostly by being too smart for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighborhood Revitalization: The White House has spoken but who will listen?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/08/neighborhood-revitalization-the-white-house-has-spoken-but-who-will-listen/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/08/neighborhood-revitalization-the-white-house-has-spoken-but-who-will-listen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Tea Party’s manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling sucks up all the oxygen in Washington, the White House quietly released an important new report in July entitled Building Neighborhoods of Opportunity that outlines best practices in neighborhood revitalization around the country.  The report highlights the work of CDCs, community based groups, schools and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MACDC Explores Potential for Statewide Community Business Partnership</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/05/macdc-explores-potential-for-statewide-community-business-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/05/macdc-explores-potential-for-statewide-community-business-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 01:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Community Development Innovation Forum has helped to spur numerous efforts to expand and deepen collaboration with the goal of improving effectiveness and efficiency in the sector. With the help of new funding from Citi and Bank of America, MACDC is now leading a major planning effort to explore the efficacy and viability of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Collaboration Trend Getting Old?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/04/is-the-collaboration-trend-getting-old/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/04/is-the-collaboration-trend-getting-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration has become such a popular word in our field that one wonders at times whether it has lost its meaning and importance. Has collaboration become a cliché? Is it a passing fad? Has it been oversold? I would have to say, from what I am seeing in Massachusetts and around the country, that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Smarter Way to Reduce Health Care Spending</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/04/a-smarter-way-to-reduce-health-care-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/04/a-smarter-way-to-reduce-health-care-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first meeting I ever attended on behalf of MACDC – way back in 1993 – was at the Bowdoin Street Community Health Center. The purpose of the meeting was to strategize ways to reduce childhood lead poisoning by building a coalition of community development, housing, environmental and public health advocates to fight for changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can we drive performance in the Community Development Field?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/03/how-can-we-drive-performance-in-the-community-development-field/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/03/how-can-we-drive-performance-in-the-community-development-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Performance and accountability are the subject of substantial discussion these days throughout the nonprofit sector. Government agencies, private funders and non-profit leaders themselves are increasingly focused on taking steps to ensure that we fund programs &#8220;that work&#8221; and stop funding those &#8220;that don&#8217;t&#8221;.   Last week, I wrote about Social Impact Bonds, a new approach for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Social Impact Bonds Really Improve Nonprofit Performance?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/03/will-social-impact-bonds-really-improve-nonprofit-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/03/will-social-impact-bonds-really-improve-nonprofit-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Enterprise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration has appropriately placed a high priority on driving better performance in both the public and nonprofit sectors as they seek to tackle serious social and economic challenges. This includes a heightened emphasis on research, evaluation and funding “programs that work.”  All of this is certainly welcome news. Unfortunately, as part of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report is Required Reading for Community Developers</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/02/new-report-is-required-reading-for-community-developers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/02/new-report-is-required-reading-for-community-developers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report by Enterprise Community Partners provides an insightful analysis into the financial challenges facing community developers and offers thoughtful recommendations for how to address them at the organizational and system levels. It should be required reading for all community developers and their supporters. The report, Building Sustainable Organizations for Affordable Housing and Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Massachusetts Replicate Policy Success Achieved in Other States?</title>
		<link>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/02/can-massachusetts-replicate-policy-success-achieved-in-other-states/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.macdc.org/2011/02/can-massachusetts-replicate-policy-success-achieved-in-other-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Kriesberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Kriesberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Policy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout my years at MACDC, I have been an active participant in a network of CDC associations from around the country. The network – first convened by the National Congress for Community Economic Development and now by the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA) – provides an opportunity to learn about programs and [...]]]></description>
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