Is Your Nonprofit Really Ready to Use the Lean Startup?
Four lessons from the front line.
Solutions - Articles
A Better Board Will Make You Better
High-performing nonprofits benefit from having a board of directors that functions as more than a rubber stamp.
The Rise of Design Philanthropy
The launch of the new Autodesk Foundation marks another catalytic moment for the social sector.
Measuring the Indirect Impacts of Market Innovators
Why measuring indirect impact matters and how on earth we can do it.
Nonprofits Should Lead the Sharing Economy
The sharing economy is creating new business models, forcing traditional for-profit businesses to adapt or fall behind. The same will hold true for the social sector.
Innovation to Impact: Obama’s Social Innovation Fund at Four
Progress, pitfalls, and what lies ahead.
Rethinking the E Word
Broadening the definition of evidence can lead to more confident and informed philanthropic decisions.
Human-Centered Design and the Last Mile
A collaborative approach to empowering community health workers drives innovation.
Fundraising Is Fundamental (If Not Always Fun)
Overcoming a reluctance to ask people for money is a crucial step that every nonprofit leader must make.
Podcast
Using Science and Social Enterprise to Improve Rice Crop Yield in India and Bangladesh
Pamela Ronald, of the University of California, Davis, talks about how her laboratory, in collaboration with other scientists, developed a variety of rice with sufficient submergence tolerance to survive severe flooding.