Sectors - Articles
Review: The Big Moo
Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable.
Podcast
John Mackey & Michael Pollan - The Past, Present, and Future of Food
In this audio lecture, Michael Pollan and John Mackey take their year-long blog discussion live in front of an audience of Berkeley foodies. In response to Pollan's critiques of Whole Foods' practices, Mackey describes some of agriculture's less savory practices, lays out his vision for a more sustainable and humane food system, and unveils Whole Foods' new consumer-education initiatives.
Review: Third Sector Development
Nonprofits are still sorely needed in the US.
Review: Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Lessons for becoming the best can translate from companies to social organizations.
Review: How to Change the World
Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.
Bettering Beantown
Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.
Review: The First 90 Days
Common sense advice for how to survive the launch into a new leadership role.
Review: Leading Quietly
How middle managers can walk tall.
Podcast
Council on Foundations Annual Conference - Philanthropy and Nonprofit Acountability Practices
In the field of philanthropy, are foundations' grantmaking and reporting processes aligned with nonprofits' strategies? In this panel discussion exploring data from a Center for Social Innovation study on nonprofit accountability practices and the costs of conflicting demands, experts debate ways in which evaluation requirements may help or hinder mission delivery.