Advocacy
Transformational Advocacy and the Disobedient Self
An excerpt from Reclaiming Our Democracy on how grassroots advocates are made
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Leadership
How to Run Effective Hybrid Meetings in the Social Sector
The future of meetings is hybrid. To keep boards and teams fully engaged, nonprofit leaders need to master hybrid technology, program design, and facilitation.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Social Sector Needs a Meta Movement
By creating a network of grassroots movements and calling out connections across issues, the social sector can drive demand for solutions and spur policy makers to act.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
Thinking Small
An excerpt from Amateurs without Borders explores a new wave of grassroots development aid putting NGO work back in the hands of amateurs.
Civic Engagement
Four Ways to Age-Integrate National Service
National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural understanding.
Philanthropy & Funding
Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Impede a Giving Circle’s Success
Keeping a giving circle going strong entails adhering to four principles, according to the founder of Everychild Foundation, which has an average member retention rate surpassing 90 percent.
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Tapping the Power of Virtual Volunteers
As the pandemic forces everyone to work remotely, employees are taking their activism and volunteerism online.
Scaling
Scaling Big in India: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Help Feed Millions
A look at how a community kitchen initiative in India used insights from behavioral science to rapidly scale its services, delivering 4.5 million meals to homeless migrant workers even as the country instituted the world’s largest lockdown to combat COVID-19.
Arts & Culture
Smart Tourism
Global Himalayan Expedition turns adventure seeking into sustainable giving, creating electricity and employment in remote Indian villages.
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Civic Engagement
Volunteer Nation
Elisabeth S. Clemens’ Civic Gifts demonstrates how voluntarism, long associated with locally based efforts, has been central to the project of building a strong nation-state.