{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fparallax-phl.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fnicholas-torres-7VKle_3F","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Nick Torres: Generating a culture of social innovation in Philadelphia","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3f509808-fd21-42dc-a560-73a736291cf5/6fda6bcd-a9da-449e-847c-a76ac7afb6bf/parallax-web-03.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/fb0f4e59-c31a-4ee7-9dd4-03a6274abd24\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Nick Torres: Generating a culture of social innovation in Philadelphia\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Nick Torres has led and founded numerous for-profit and non-profit social ventures in his career. He currently serves as Executive Director of The Network: Towards Unity for Health, a Philadelphia-based affiliate of the World Health Organization that fosters equitable community-oriented health services, education and research, globally. \n\nHe is also the co-founder of Social Innovations Partners, alongside Tine Hansen-Turton, which produces the Social Innovation Journal, Institute, and Lab. Additionally, Torres teaches Non-profit Leadership, Social Policy, and Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the President of Congresso de Latinos Unidos from 2000-2010. \n\nIn this conversation, Torres discusses a networked approach to social innovation, which brings stakeholders from various sectors, disciplines, and geopolitical communities together to tackle complex challenges. He also talks about taking an entrepreneurial approach to non-profit work, re-examining the incentives behind current philanthropic funding models, and more."}