Tomorrow I’m heading to Miami for The Gathering of Leaders, an annual event put on by New Profit Inc., that brings social entrepreneurs and leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors together for 3 days of brainstorming and action planning about how to accelerate widespread social change in the world. One of the things we will be focused on is an initiative that came out of work from the last two Gatherings — a project called America Forward.

America Forward is “a coalition of social entrepreneurs who have come together to present presidential candidates and policymakers with a new and transformative way to solve the difficult social problems facing our nation. The America Forward coalition is promoting a set of policy ideas designed to scale the impact social entrepreneurs can have on seemingly intractable social issues”. America Forward policy proposals including:

• Growing Human Capital through National Service
• Fostering Innovation and Results in the Nonprofit Sector
• Establishing a Social Investment Fund Network
• Founding a Small Business Administration for the Nonprofit Sector

I look forward to participating in the discussion about America Forward at this year’s Gathering and encourage you to. You can read more at AmericanForward.org.