Six Ways to Repair Declining Social Trust
We must take proactive and preventive steps to restore trust across government, business, and civic institutions, or societies around the world may be at greater risk of chaos and conflict.
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Health Agency Embraces Harsh Feedback to Transform Relationships
When Paula John visited Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services for help with her arthritis, she encountered long wait times and unfriendly staff. Her feedback led to changes that transformed her opinion of the organization. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Cultivating, Not Just Calculating, Social Impact
A new impact investing metric can not only help investors estimate the social impact of their investments, but also foster more thoughtful strategies for promoting social and environmental good.
To Impact Millions, the Social Sector Needs to Scale Scaling Up
Without bringing more rigor and resources to scaling impact efforts, the do-good industry will never make the exponential leaps needed to bring social innovations to millions of people.
How End-User Feedback Can Become a Nonprofit’s Innovation Engine
Nurse-Family Partnership has institutionalized the practice of gathering end-user and partner feedback, influencing changes to its systems, services, and business model. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Using Online Donations to Strengthen Philanthropy in China
There is no single path to successful digital philanthropy in China, but a new study provides six questions that stakeholders should ask themselves as they begin to develop their strategies.
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Design for All
An excerpt of Bess Williamson’s Accessible America shows how accessible design is innovative and inclusive.
How Blockchain Can Make Supply Chains More Humane
By making data easily verifiable, resistant to alteration, and instantly available to anyone within a network, the incorruptible digital ledgers known as blockchains can help ensure that commercial goods are ethically produced from mine to store.
This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Five Lessons for Nonprofit Advocacy
Seattle-based microenterprise nonprofit Ventures shares advice to help other organizations design sustainable, effective grassroots advocacy programs.
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Integrating Feedback Across a Nonprofit Business Model
Nurse-Family Partnership, a maternal-child health nonprofit, has incorporated ways to gather, interpret, and apply feedback into its nonprofit business model. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.