Philanthropy
The Art of Grantmaking
Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy by Paul Brest and Hal Harvey
Review
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Nonprofits
It Is a Recession, and It Could Be a Restructuring
The opportunity has come to reframe, rethink, reset, and rebuild some of the things we take most for granted.
Nonprofits
Dissecting the Network Approach
Having an effective online presence goes beyond simply having a Web site.
Podcast
Brian Lehnen, Scott Morgan, Anne Marie Burgoyne - Year One in the Life of a Nonprofit Start-up
What fuels the creation of a nonprofit organization? In this panel discussion, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, panelists talk about their experiences founding an education-related nonprofit in the United States and a microenterprise in Africa. They explore how they came up with the ideas for their enterprises, how they focused and manifested those ideas, and what smart and not-so-smart choices they made along the way. A portfolio manager adds her insights on what elements make a startup appealing to potential funders.
Podcast
The Encore Careers Summit - Journeying Through Multiple Careers
The notion of "golden years" of endless leisure is giving way to a new form of practical idealism: real jobs tackling real problems and making real impact. The Encore Careers campaign aims to engage millions of baby boomers in careers later in life, producing a windfall of human talent to solve society's greatest problems. In this 2008 Encore Careers Summit panel discussion sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, panelists share their "encore" journeys, and how they've had the energy to stay professionally vital and active.
Social Innovations
Selling vs. Selling Out
The author warns that selling a company or organization should not mean selling out, as social missions will prove to contribute to long-term success.
Nonprofits
Creating the Safe Space to Talk About Race in the Nonprofit Sector
Just because we now have a president of color does not mean we should take the topic of diversity off our agenda.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Making Wrong Turn in Crisis
Scared organizations are hoarding what they have instead of partnering with others to strengthen and streamline their operations.