Education
Student Retention: There’s An App for That
In business schools around the country, there’s much ado about social entrepreneurship and a double bottom-line—social good and profits.
Articles P5330
Nonprofits
One Nonprofit Closure: The Missed Merger Opportunity
If you believe you are headed toward a merger, start the process sooner rather than later.
Education
Funding for Education—the Perils of “Guidelines du Jour”
The work of charities in almost all circumstances requires focused effort over a substantial period of time.
Nonprofits & NGOs
“L3C” Spells “Caveat Emptor”
The notion of L3Cs is that they’re a vehicle for doing well by doing good and therefore an improvement over the typical nonprofit structure.
Social Enterprise
SSIR Managing Editor Featured on Huffington Post
Excerpt of a discussion with Eric Nee, manager of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Business
Creativity in Action
To answer many of the social welfare and public health problems of today it takes creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Podcast
Leadership
Jonathan Reckford The Power of Leadership in Social Enterprise
Habitat for Humanity's Jonathan Reckford talks about what makes an exceptional leader, his career journey, sources of inspiration, and the principles behind managing organizations well.
Civic Engagement
Slacktivism, the Gateway to Change?
Two points of Slacktivism: 1) organizations create and endorse the level to which people take action 2) “slacker activism” is a gateway to lasting change.
Social Enterprise
Star Pitchers
Twelve new social enterprise ventures ran onto the social innovation field at the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference.
Nonprofit Management
Increasing Civic Reach
Nonprofits must have influential board members who connect them to the communities they serve.