Economic Development
Bank on It
Individual development accounts, special savings accounts for the poor that provide matching dollars, are helping people escape from poverty.
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Business
Going Head to Head
When activists miscalculate their strategic approach, their boycotts tend to falter and fade away, squandering important resources and credibility. Similarly, when companies mishandle their nonmarket strategies, they too pay a steep price.
Socially Responsible Business
Bridging the Cultures of Business and Poverty
More than 500 welfare recipients have participated in Cascade Engineering, Inc.‘s welfare-to-career program that provides jobs and training.
Economic Development
Let Them Make Fish
The Community Culinary Training Program prepares adults—many of whom live on public assistance—for foodservice jobs with stable salaries and benefits.
Nonprofit Management
Sparking Nonprofit Innovation
To innovate, nonprofits must do things that clash with common but misguided beliefs about managing. Here are some counterintuitive ideas to stimulate innovation in your organization.
Nonprofit Management
The Importance of Being Emphathetic
Recent research suggests that emotional intelligence is one of the important characteristics of group leaders.
Nonprofit Management
Going to Scale
With few exceptions, most US nonprofits operate in a single neighborhood, town, or city. How can proven nonprofits increase their reach?
Foundations
When Time Isn’t Money
Some argue that foundations should distribute at a faster rate because of the ‘time value of money.’ Their numbers are wrong. A cash flow discounting approach is not applicable to foundations.