The Code for Success
Girls Coding, a free after-school and weekend program run by Pearls Africa Foundation, seeks to create a pathway out of poverty and bring its students into Nigeria’s male-dominated technology sector.
Solutions - Articles
A New Form of Capitalism
The Peterborough Social Impact Bond was the first of its kind. Does its success in improving recidivism rates while rewarding investors herald a new way of using finance for social impact?
Giving in the Light of Reason
Will the Open Philanthropy Project’s experiment in effective altruism validate the cause or demonstrate its hubris? Open access to this article is made possible by an underwriter.
Think Strategically About Prize Hosting
Social media has made it easy for organizations to launch competitions, but too few consider how such efforts best align with their goals.
Bottom-Up Corporate Social Responsibility
Employee-driven corporate social initiatives promise greater success than standard programs.
Collaborating Is Hard Work
Cross-sector collaborations can break down when the interests, expectations, and power dynamics of the participants conflict.
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Road Map to a New World
In New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms argue that power and influence are being driven by a new participatory and peer-driven paradigm.
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Winning Hearts and Minds
The road to social change begins with personal connection and human emotion, Leslie Crutchfield writes in How Change Happens.
Highlighting Shared Humanity and Prosperity to Advance Immigration Solutions
To build support for progressive immigration reform in the United States, advocates must turn away from “us versus them” framing, and toward language that emphasizes shared humanity, collective prosperity, and the country’s distinct identity as a “nation of immigrants.”
Rethinking Six Management Mantras for Better Innovation
A starting point for social sector leaders to develop their organizations’ innovation capacity.