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Capital Investment for Social Success | Vanessa Fry | TEDxSunValley

1,027 views · Published 18 January 2017 · 12:31 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The private, nonprofit, and public sectors have an opportunity to fundamentally shift the delivery of social services to be proactive rather than reactive, and be more effective and save resources while doing so. Vanessa Fry discusses the potential, and innovative programs that are showing impressive results in her community.

Vanessa Crossgrove Fry is Assistant Director of the Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University where she is also an asst research professor and PhD candidate in Public Policy and Administration. At BSU Vanessa has also served as the Asst Director for the Public Policy Research Center and Policy Innovation Fellow for the City of Boise where she conducted a feasibility assessment on using Pay for Success financing to address issues associated with chronic homelessness. Originally from Ohio, Vanessa has served in non-profit leadership roles and educational pursuits all over the country. In New York Vanessa worked with Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology and Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. In Idaho she’s worked with the Snake River Alliance, the Environmental Resource Center, Citizens for Smart Growth, and the Community Transportation of Idaho. She co-founded Sustain Blaine (now Sun Valley Economic Dev). She has a BA from Wittenberg University and MBA from Presidio School.

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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