Exploring Failure
Failure and its upside—a report from the 2010 PopTech conference.
Government - Articles
Innovative public sector policies and programs (more)
Straight Talk in Mixed Company
A plea for across-the-aisle conversations about overhead.
Review
Put the People to Work
SERVING COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY: Who Benefits from National Service? by Peter Frumkin & Joann Jastrzab
Transparency for Impact, Not Just Compliance
We must not allow skin-deep, compliance-driven transparency to become an acceptable substitute for values-driven, culturally ingrained efforts.
What Civil Society Needs
Without a healthy civil society it becomes difficult if not impossible to solve other, more readily apparent problems.
Podcast
NewSchools Venture Summit
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Chairman of the House Committee on Education George Miller, address the NewSchools Summit 2010.
Podcast
National Preparedness Month
For a community to maintain a healthy recovery, FEMA administrator Craig Fugate asserts that private and public groups must work collaboratively to help stabilize an environment after disaster.
Upping the Ante: A Report From the Clinton Global Initiative
In its sixth year, GGI is no longer just a former President’s bid to stay relevant.
Concrete Ways for the US to Move “Beyond the Line” When It Measures Poverty
What would it take to implement “next-generation” poverty measures in the United States?
Digging for Ponies
Two years after the spectacular failure in the financial markets, it’s getting even more difficult to look on the bright side.