Micro-multinationals Rising
Small, Web-wired start-ups that are using social media to find, then recruit, the best new talent from around the globe and leverage it for immediate innovation, impact, and sustainability.
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Podcast
Garth Saloner - Financial Crisis and a Changing Business World
Garth Saloner, dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, talks about the impact of the crisis on the GSB's curriculum and on business education more broadly.
Podcast
Jeffrey D. Sachs - Financial Crisis and a Changing Business World
The financial crisis started on Wall Street but continues to have a profound impact around the world. Among those affected are the poorest of the poor. In this audio interview, Stanford MBA student Joy Sun talks with Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute and a professor at Columbia University, about how the financial crisis is shaping international relations and countries' paths toward economic development.
Shared Services Alliances: Part 1
Creating back office alliances—an interview with John Weiser, a principal with the nonprofit technical assistance organization Opportunities Exchange.
How Our Tools Define “Community”
Many of the tools in the social technology for social impact sector require us to operate a traditional hierarchy and distribution of responsibility, instead of distributing responsibility, and developing in an agile, organic way.
Review
Achieving Greater Impact Through Model-Sharing
Even if another model isn’t quite right, the idea of model-sharing—teaching and learning lessons from others—can be enlightening.
Catalytic Philanthropy Forces Collaboration in Leadership
A look at leadership in the social sector.
No More Master’s Degrees and Reverse Mentoring
Rethinking leadership—a few sources of advice.
Podcast
Peter deCourcy Hero - Beyond 2009: Emerging Trends in Philanthropy
How are nonprofit management leaders, foundations, and individuals dealing with the new economic realities? In this audio lecture, Peter Hero, with his wealth of experience in nonprofit management and foundations, shares his reflections on the downturn, how the nonprofit sector has been impacted, and the response from donors and foundations. These lessons in nonprofit management guide leaders to think more deeply when times are tough, with the optimism that we will all come out stronger.