Philanthropy & Funding
Getting the Best Possible Failures in Philanthropy
What constitutes “good” failures in philanthropy, and how can we have more of them?
Tag: Learning From Failure
Education
Press Button to Complete School
Like games, classes aren’t interesting when the skills they require are too easy to master and there’s no chance of failure.
Organizational Development
Forgetting Failure
It’s time to move beyond our focus on failure in the social sector, and to develop ongoing and meaningful practices for learning and improvement.
Philanthropy & Funding
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.
Podcast
Social Entrepreneurship
Cameron Conaway: Knowing When to “Tap Out” of the Fight
For MMA fighters and social entrepreneurs alike, truly understanding failure is crucial to achieving success.
Business
When Mission Doesn’t Matter (Enough)
A cofounder of Cause, a recently shuttered “philanthropub,” reflects on the challenges of mixing business with charity.
Impact Investing
Ups and Downs of Social Finance
Defaults in social finance and impact investing do happen: our experience and what the sector can learn from it.
Social Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley Won’t Save the World, but…
Development professionals can learn from Silicon Valley aid efforts, and create more effective and transformative change around the world.
Social Entrepreneurship
Beyond Sexy
Let’s start telling social entrepreneurial aspirants the truth and get those who support the field financially to acknowledge that staying power and relationship-building are ineluctable partners to innovation. Part two of a series.
