Beyond Collective Impact
Rather than a model with a fixed approach, as collective impact is, the community system solutions framework can be adapted to different types of situations. The Editor's Note from the Winter 2020 issue.
Collaboration - Articles
Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
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Social-Symbolic Work and Social Innovation
An excerpt from Constructing Organizational Life examines self work, organization work, and institutional work within the context of social innovation.
The Next Step for Human-Centered Design in Global Public Health
As human-centered design in global public health enters its adolescence, we offer a guide to help practitioners break through their misperceptions of people's needs to prescribe real solutions.
Becoming Unstuck With Relational Activism
At a time when division seems like the only thing we all have in common, two “relational activists” describe how building person-to-person connections can keep us from being paralyzed by recalcitrant and complex social problems.
Creating a Culture of Innovation in the Humanitarian Sector
How organizations can create a culture that supports innovation, regardless of their size or complexity. The fourth of five articles in Humanitarian Innovation in Action, a series on innovation as a tool for change within complex institutions.
The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Equity in the Arts
By expanding support to arts and cultural organizations in diverse neighborhoods, funders can provide a missing ingredient in the effort to advance equity.
Five Ethical Principles for Humanitarian Innovation
A pragmatic, “good enough” approach to experimentation in humanitarian contexts. The third of five articles in Humanitarian Innovation in Action, a series on innovation as a tool for change within complex institutions.
How 11 Humanitarian Organizations Collaborated to Strengthen Indian Americans’ Giving and Impact
Two years after nearly a dozen India-focused organizations in the United States began discussing how they could combine forces, they have launched the India Philanthropy Alliance and revealed insights into making complex collaborations work.
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A Guide for Intrapreneurs
An excerpt from Driving Innovation From Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs examines how employees catalyze innovation from within organizations.
The Speed of Trust in an Anxious Era: Recap of the 2019 Nonprofit Management Institute
At SSIR’s 2019 Nonprofit Management Institute, presenters and participants addressed the economic and emotional anxieties facing civil society leaders and shared advice for moving forward with confidence.