Hitting Reset on Outcomes
A new look into how the nonprofit sector can reset its approach to outcomes and management.
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Podcast
Audrey Seagraves - Fair Wage Guide Software and Social Enterprise
Audrey Seagraves has a passion for international development and social enterprise. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, the director of programs at World of Good talks about the creation of Fair Wage Guide software, a free tool that tells the viewer how wages being paid to any artisan worldwide compare to international wage standards.
Podcast
John Mackey - Conscious Business and Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship requires conscious leadership, says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey in this University podcast. Delivering a talk sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Mackey issues a clarion call for nothing less than "conscious capitalism," arguing that business can indeed serve more than the almighty dollar. He discusses his own company's challenges in the social enterprise arena.
The Right Measures
A new resource for measuring where the greatest need exists offers nonprofits and social entrepreneurs an idea of where to focus their collective goals.
Mobile: Increasingly on Call
Mobile technology has become increasingly crucial within the field of international development, for issues ranging from private equity in Africa to crisis response.
Podcast
Paul Rice - Promoting Fair Trade as Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship may be the most promising avenue for solving global problems, says Paul Rice, CEO of TransFair USA. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Rice details his own work to establish Fair Trade. The movement has opened the U.S. market to more than 1.4 million small family farmers around the world who are now getting a fair price for their harvests and making dramatic gains in their living standards.
Donor, Dearest
The philanthropic landscape continues to shift as donors are switching their alliances to for-profit causes.
Review
A Handbook for Change
SWITCH: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Leap Forward for Social Enterprises
Rick Aubry is designing social enterprises that can succeed on a national scale.
LEED the Way
The LEED green-building certification system is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in America.