Social Enterprise
Weaving a Network of Relationships
An excerpt from The New Reason to Work on intentional and authentic networking, which means adding value to others as much as seeking help from them.
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Tag: Networking
Collaboration
Transformational Capacity Building
Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.
Excerpt
Leadership
Becoming More Vigilant
An excerpt from See Sooner, Act Faster: How Vigilant Leaders Thrive in an Era of Digital Turbulence explains how to craft and employ vigilance in order to become a better leader.
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Leadership
Leading Systems Change
An excerpt from Leading Systems Change explores how to create and sustain community engagement over time.
Video
Civic Engagement
How Feedback Shaped a Community Organization
Input from Boston residents changed Union Capital Boston’s rewards program from providing specific material goods to distributing cash in exchange for doing volunteer activities. It also drove the creation of networking events for members. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Collaboration
Cutting Through the Complexity: A Roadmap for Effective Collaboration
Collaborations and networks rarely achieve their ambitious goals. Here’s what it takes to make them actually work.
Advocacy
How Political Donors Band Together
The ultrarich are teaming up to make politics more partisan.
Review
Collaboration
Stretching Toward Solutions
Although his advice could at times be more concrete, Kahane offers an effective critique of current approaches to collaboration and shows the need for a different way of working together.
Podcast
Collaboration
Get Out of Your Own Way: Challenging Your Mindsets and Behaviors
Several common barriers to developing strong network relationships—and ways to overcome them.
Collaboration
The Collaboration Game: Solving the Puzzle of Nonprofit Partnership
Nonprofit collaboration is difficult; economics, game theory, and behavioral science offer lessons on how to do it well.