Trawling for Trash
An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Social Change Increasingly Requires Networked Action
In order to effectively create social change, we must use social connections and a networking mindset to maximize impact.
The Seven Patterns of Nonprofit Digital Teams
What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness.
Making Money: A Bonus of Measuring to Improve Performance
Measurement can attract money. A nonprofit that can demonstrate results and improvement is more inviting to potential donors than one that can’t.
Social Enterprise and Job Creation in Uganda and Nigeria
Opportunity Collaboration is a four-day convening in Mexico focused on global poverty alleviation.
Students Partner for World Change
Apprenticeship opportunities are few and far between in the highly competitive and ever-developing field of social innovation.
An Idea That Spreads: Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance
It is critical that high-performing organizations learn how to tell authentic stories about their impact.
Philanthropy as Infrastructure?
As a society, we should not encourage the replacement of public responsibilities by private philanthropy.
Five Investments You Can Skip
The nonprofit sector wastes an insane amount of time implementing best practices that have painfully low return on investment.
An Innovative and Financially Sustainable Nonprofit Model
AID for Africa’s model seems like a smart way to bring nonprofits together where they can leverage their combined presence.