State of the Nonprofits host and MSS Executive Director, Autumn Vest, welcomes Thaddeus Squire, Chief Commons Steward at Social Impact Commons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thaddues recently traveled to Midland to join us as the keynote speaker for the a luncheon celebrating the 10th Anniversary of MSS. One of his many areas of expertise lies in shared resources or commoning. This episode explores the power and impact of commoning.

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Thaddeus has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit management field, focusing on arts and cultural heritage. Following government relations work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, he went on to found Peregrine Arts, a multi-arts producer, and Hidden City Philadelphia, among other curatorial projects. His significant work in nonprofit resource sharing began in 2010 as founder of CultureWorks Greater Philadelphia, the first comprehensive fiscal sponsor focusing on arts and heritage, which manages more than 120 independent organizations. Thaddeus’s creative practice is focused on systems design for nonprofit resource sharing, in particular practices based in commoning and commons management principles. His work is grounded in the fields of American Pragmatism, Common Pool Resource Economics, Cooperative Management, New Localism and the Applied Behavioral Sciences. Additionally, he has deep expertise in the history of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, nonprofit management, fine and performing arts, heritage preservation, and museum sciences. Thaddeus holds degrees from Princeton University, the University of Leipzig (J. William Fulbright Fellowship), and the Mendelssohn Conservatory of Music & Theatre.

Find out more about Social Impact Commons: ⁠https://www.socialimpactcommons.org/ ⁠

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