Organizational Development
The Power of Convening for Social Impact
Bringing people together in an environment that encourages and facilitates idea exchange is one of the most powerful communications strategies for driving change.
Social Enterprise
Social Good Is Always Good Branding—or Is It?
Building a brand solely on social impact is not a guarantee for success, and it comes with risks that can take businesses by surprise.
Economic Development
The Economic Benefits of Gender Parity
Women need to be equal partners in society for them to be equal partners in work.
Getting Out the Vote Is Tougher Than You Think
Recent randomized field trials provide evidence that most get out the vote mobilization efforts have very modest effects on voter turnout, much less than previously thought.
Leadership
Tackling Heropreneurship
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
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Scaling
Moving Latin American Social Entrepreneurs to Scale
A look at the strengths and weaknesses of social entrepreneurs in Latin America, and how they can effectively increase the impact of their work.
Can Big Nonprofits Get Big Results?
How giant nonprofit networks are shifting their approach from serving communities to solving underlying problems.
Human Rights
A New Vision for Fighting Modern-Day Slavery
Why we need to move beyond prevention-only approach, and invest in the rescue and restoration of current victims.
Impact Investing
Homing In on Realistic Impact Investment Strategies in Africa
Emerging insights indicate an opportunity for impact investors to better align commercial and social targets with market realities in Africa.
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Civic Engagement
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must avoid the temptation to act in a top-down manner. Instead, they should design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Collaboration
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Leadership
Tackling Heropreneurship
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
Organizational Development
The Case for Communications
How smart, strategic communications can help nonprofits and foundations win.
Collaboration
The Modern Marriage Between Tech Philanthropy and Nonprofits: “It’s Complicated”
It’s a modern relationship in a modern world. It’s a marriage full of promise. But does our culture’s celebration of the male-dominated tech world end up overshadowing critical skills like empathy that are required for social change?
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Leadership
Tackling Heropreneurship
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
Government
Government Goes Agile
Helping US federal agencies design inexpensive, user-centered technology products is the mission of an unsung team of developers. Includes video extras.
Organizational Development
The Case for Communications
How smart, strategic communications can help nonprofits and foundations win.
Organizational Development
A Defense of Story
Stories can be overly simple, even deceptive. But more often than not, they help surface and illuminate truth, and embracing their complexity offers deep reward.
Impact Investing
What Impact Investors Can Learn from the Microfinance Industry
Substitute the word “impact” for “social performance,” and current debates in the investment community sound exactly like the ones the microfinance industry had 10 years ago. The investor community can learn from microfinance’s successful efforts to set standards for non-financial returns—the “other bottom line.”
