Nonprofits
The Best Thing We Can Do for Nonprofits–and Ourselves
We must actively withhold support when we see the government acting in a way counter to our ideals and its own.
Articles P6560
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Needs to Adapt to the Economic Crisis
Foundations are creatively adjusting to the current economic crisis.
Podcast
Diana McLain Smith - How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength
The key to success in any team or enterprise is to develop good working relationships. In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, consultant Diana McLain Smith, author of Divide and Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength, shows how those who care about performance and relationships can simultaneously nurture both. She offers tips for seeing work relationships in new ways, and practical suggestions for enhancing them.
Nonprofits
Tongue-Tied at the Top
While boards sat in silence, executives milked American University and the Smithsonian.
Philanthropy
Philanthropy: Science, Art or…Music?
The author draws a comparison between music's ability to combine art and science with philanthropy's ability to do the same.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Should Invest in Social Media
Nonprofits need to invest more time in social media or they will later be playing catch-up.
Social Innovations
Charter Schools and Unions: Good Ideas in Conflict?
Unionizing charter-school teachers bring to light the ever-present income inequity that takes place within the nonprofit sector.
Podcast
Hau Lee - Boosting Profits Through Social Responsibility
Companies can indeed make money while operating in socially responsible and environmentally friendly ways. It just takes what supply chain expert Hau Lee calls the Triple-A approach—having agility, adaptability, and alignment. Closing the Stanford 2008 Responsible Supply Chains Conference, Lee describes how small to mid-sized companies in China, India, and Israel boosted profits while shrinking waste and pollution and providing a fair workplace for employees.
Social Innovations
The Innovation Imperative
The long-term strength of our nation relies on the level of commitment we have toward innovation.