Tackling Heropreneurship
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.
To create long-lasting social change, organizations and programs must become embedded in the local community.
By catalyzing the power of people to make change, community organizers equip
people at every level to overcome the myriad barriers to health.
A coalition of organizations is improving the health of low-income communities.
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.