What Workforce Crisis?
How do nonprofits find and keep workers even in troubled economic times?
Sectors - Articles
Research: Strong Women, Strong Sector
The more empowered a country's women, the more vibrant its nonprofit sector.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Real Stories Critical for Giving
A powerful tool to engage givers is storytelling – telling stories about people, the problems they face, and the role philanthropy can play in addressing the symptoms and causes of those problems.
Open Organizations and Thoughts on Transparency
What role does transparency play in philanthropy?
Q&A: Jeff Raikes
Jeff Raikes takes over the Gates Foundation at a turbulent time when philanthropic resources are down and social needs are up.
Helping the Poor Save More
To enrich the bottom of the pyramid, bankers to the poor should make saving money easier by using the latest findings from economics and psychology.
Federal Bailout Spending Creates Public/Private Collaboration Opportunities
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is an example of government collaboration.
Podcast
Entrepreneurship for Economic Growth - Hoover Conference
International development is increasingly dependent on the entrepreneurship of local citizens. But has the U.S.-caused global recession robbed American business and government of the ability to persuade other countries to partake of the capitalistic entrepreneurial model? In this panel discussion, part of a conference convened by the Hoover Institute at Stanford, experts discuss the role of entrepreneurship in economic growth worldwide.
Podcast
Chetna Gala Sinha - International Development Through Women
Microfinance has become a staple of international development. In this audio interview, Chetna Gala-Sinha talks with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman about how her micro-enterprise development bank and foundation are economically empowering rural women in India. She describes the various tools and services that allow women to become financially independent, provide more adequately for their families, and drive international development.