Changing the Coefficients of Giving
One way to frame efforts to increase charitable giving is to think of it as “changing the coefficients of giving.”
Solutions - Articles
Big Society or Collective Impact?
How are the UK and US addressing the third sector’s next challenges, and where they are failing?
mPedigree: A Collective Impact Case Study
The collective impact of government organizations, nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and businesses can produce a more effective social innovation model.
In Foreign Aid, Nonprofits Could Use Some Disruption
Nonprofits should seek for-profit allies who are interested and invested in their causes—even if they don’t walk into the first meeting with a signed check.
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New School Economics
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel
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Philanthropic Practices
Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World by Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania, & Mark R. Kramer
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The Holy Grail for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability by Jeanne Bell, Jan Masaoka & Steve Zimmerman
From Graft to Golf
Lobbying and bribery are both time-honored ways to seek influence, but there is an important difference between them.
Making the News
The media introduce social movements to the masses, but how do social movements make it into the media?
Doctor in Your Pocket
New and valuable mHealth apps are coming out all the time. What sort of open architecture can support this wave of innovation?