Letter from London
A report on social innovation from England’s capital.
Sectors - Articles
Social Media: Getting Value Means Giving Value
Four tips for moving your social media out of zombie status—and making your investment in it worthwhile.
Gaming with a Purpose
Serious games tap into the same culture of online friendship from social networking to fuel peer involvement and encourage collaboration around real-world challenges.
Same Goals, Lost Synergies
We must blend the knowledge base and research techniques of social psychology with the enthusiasm and business expertise of social innovators.
Wanted: New Frameworks for Urban Housing
As global base of the pyramid urban evictions intensify, we need good quality, affordable housing that creates attractive profit opportunities.
How Businesses Can Increase Food Access for the Poor
Hybrid approaches present an opportunity to achieve both greater social impact as well as greater business benefits.
Rio+20: Is a $513 Billion Down Payment Enough?
Advances in reducing poverty, environmental protection, and other global issues threaten the status quo—a report from Rio+20.
Big Society Capital Marks a Paradigm Shift
How the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems.
CSR Rule #1: Do No Harm
Corporate philanthropy is complicated and may have multiple objectives, but Peter Karoff, Founder of The Philanthropic Initiative, argues its ultimate intention should be to do no harm.
Changing the Social Sector’s Policy Pitch
The social sector has utterly failed to create a compelling pitch to the political sector about what we do.