Beyond Sexy
Let’s start telling social entrepreneurial aspirants the truth and get those who support the field financially to acknowledge that staying power and relationship-building are ineluctable partners to innovation. Part two of a series.
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Between the Quick Exit and the Long Sojourn
Social entrepreneurs have to get out there and do the work, with enough staying power to make a real impact. Part one of a two-part series.
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Small Business, Big Change: A Microentrepreneur’s Guide to Social Responsibility
Small Business, Big Change offers guidance for socially responsible small businesses seeking to maximize their impact.
Assessing the Health Impacts of Immigration Policy
How detention and deportation policies harm the health and well-being of children and families.
Impact Economy Lesson from Rural China
Building an impact economy at scale can help ensure that success and opportunity become the norm for children not the exception.
Unlocking the Mystery of Volunteer Retention
How Girl Scouts of Northern California is using advanced predictive analytics to inform its volunteer management practices.
Taking Lessons from Africa’s Youth
Those who want a prosperous future for the continent need to engage—and listen to—its young leaders.
Humans: There’s No App for That
The inconvenient truth about data, technology, and social impact.
Can Charity Make Big Brother Benevolent?
What would Hari Seldon think of big data?
Can a “Like” Save a Life?
A Georgetown University and Waggener Edstrom study sheds new light on the debate surrounding the effectiveness of online influence.