This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Jeff Snell argues that the problem in the charitable sector is not that we don't have enough charities, but rather that many of them are not sustainable. We need to stop managing problems and start solving them. Social Innovation is the key to reshaping our cities and societies.

Based on his executive experiences in the non-profit sector, Jeff believes that conventional American charity is backwards. His solution is providing and promoting Social Innovation as a cross-sector platform for solutions to social problems, not more management of them.

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