Measuring Social Impact
A New Approach to India’s Water Sanitation Crisis: Part 1
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
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Philanthropy
Organizations Need to “Lean In” Too
Philanthropic organizations must “lean in” and confront the various ways their collective cultures get in the way.
Social Entrepreneurship
Early Risks, Big Returns
Reconsidering what’s “investable” in impact investing.
Podcast
Nonprofits
New Skills for the New Social Economy
What is a “social economy” and how is it affecting leaders in nonprofit management?
Measuring Social Impact
Ten Years of Performance Measurement
Five successes to celebrate, and five areas where we need to see more progress.
Technology & Design
Second Life’s Second Life for Social Innovation
Researchers explore the effects of virtual embodiment among people with Parkinson’s disease.
Nonprofit Management
Persistent Poverty in a Smug Meritocracy
A response to Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk on nonprofit executives’ pay.
Water
Moving Beyond Basic Water Advocacy
The story of water access is more complicated this World Water Day—we need a new approach.
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Socially Responsible Business
Employee Engagement Gets Dirty
On-the-job impact opportunities lead to happier, more productive employees.