Governance
Taking On Tech Governance
How prioritizing technological expertise on the board level can help nonprofits and social service organizations make the most of their resources and improve outcomes for the communities they support.
Aaron Hurst
Aaron Hurst is a serial social entrepreneur and a leading expert on the science of purpose and fulfillment. He is cofounder of Purpose Mindset, a nonprofit launched in 2022 that advocates for a new approach to education through research and building a community of practice. Previously he was founder and CEO of The Taproot Foundation and Imperative. Aaron has been one of the first Ashoka, Draper Richards Kaplan, and Manhattan Institute fellows. He is widely known for thought-leadership on how purpose can build impactful organizations. His articles and interviews have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Newsweek, MIT Management Review, and Stanford Social Innovation Review. He is a TED Prize finalist and a LinkedIn Influencer. Aaron frequently keynotes corporate events and conferences. He is a third-generation graduate of the University of Michigan, where he received the Humanitarian Award.
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Global Issues
The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the World
The Purpose Economy describes how a new type of economy is taking shape, one that will emphasize serving the people.
Nonprofits
A Better IRS Code
One simple change to the IRS code would ensure that nonprofits assemble diverse boards that truly represent the organizations’ owners: the community.
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 5
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 4
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 3
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 2
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 1
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Measuring Social Impact
The Present Value of Social Investment
How to calculate the value of a social investment made now versus at a future date.
Socially Responsible Business
Is Business the New Charity?
Investing in small business and new ventures is a good thing and vital to our communities, but we must not confuse it with charity or strategic long-term social investment.
Nonprofit Management
Net Promoter Mania
Introducing a corporate measurement strategy to the social sector presents a variety of potential uses and associated practices.
Board Governance
Social Sector Peer Evaluation: A Proposal
Imagine a new nonprofit board governance practice where organizations engaged peers to assess their work.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 5
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 4
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 3
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 2
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 1
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Social Entrepreneurship
Did Reagan Launch the Social Entrepreneurship Movement?
Social entrepreneurship has led to excellent work, but without an informed and empowered population we will never address the core issues we face.
Nonprofit Management
Five Investments You Can Skip
The nonprofit sector wastes an insane amount of time implementing best practices that have painfully low return on investment.
Nonprofit Management
“Oops, I Failed Again”
Face-to-face conversations among CEOs reminds and reassures them that that failure is, in fact, the norm and does not preclude success.
Board Governance
Why Do New York City Board Members Give More?
Why do board cultures vary so much by geography, and how can we help bring the best of them to all cities?
Foundations
How Simon Greer Became a Lover, Not a Fighter
An interview with Simon Greer before starting as president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Foundations
Knight Foundation CEO on Social Transformation and the Bottom Line
An interview with Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Foundations
Surdna CEO on Philanthropic Isolation
An interview with Phillip Henderson about the challenges he faces as the president of the Surdna Foundation.