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A Renaissance of Compassion | Matt Taylor | TEDxBYU

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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We need you to make your compassion go further. In this short, personal narrative, Matt Taylor, who has committed himself to building a better social sector, shares the inspiring state of compassion. Hint: it's everywhere, it's better than ever, and it's ripe for you to rethink your role in problem solving in your community.


Matt Taylor is on a journey to make the social sector better at its job of helping those who need it and solving social ills. It's bound to be a long journey (which is why you'll rarely catch him in anything but sneakers), but he's already seen incredible progress over the last ten years while working with some of the sector's leading organizations. He currently leads strategy and operations at IDEO.org, where he is unleashing the sector's capacity to innovate through human-centered design. Other stops along the way have included New Profit, AmeriCorps, Nonprofit Finance Fund, Global Giving, United Way Worldwide, Focus: HOPE, and Big Brothers Big Sisters, which allowed him to simultaneously explore and advance new approaches and paradigms of problem solving—like social entrepreneurship, venture philanthropy, nonprofit financing, and philanthropic marketplaces—while understanding the roots of social service in this country.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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