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Embracing Innovation
NeighborWorks America, a 40-year-old congressionally chartered nonprofit, redefined its relationship with its grantees to build a learning lab for innovation.
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The Strength of Social Enterprise
As government and philanthropic funding becomes unpredictable and markets evolve, some nonprofits can succeed with social enterprise. An innovative NeighborWorks America program shows them how to do it.
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Realizing the Dream of Homeownership
NeighborWorks’ courses on homeownership and support services empowered these people to buy their own homes and transform their lives.
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The Need for Cross-Sector Collaboration
Addressing today’s most pressing challenges requires developing the capacity to lead collaboratively and to effectively work across sectors.
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The Essential Skills of Cross-Sector Leadership
Becoming an effective cross-sector leader requires a set of skills built around three broad areas: building teams, solving problems, and achieving impact.
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Cocreating a Change-Making Culture
When collaboratives get intentional about culture, they can more quickly and more effectively tackle social problems at the magnitude at which they exist.
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Creating a Cross Sector Leadership Network
The James Irvine Foundation’s New Leadership Network provides lessons about how to foster civic innovation.
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Profile: Hollaback Cofounder Emily May
Emily May created the online platform Hollaback, where women subjected to sexual harassment can share their stories.
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The Progressive Resurgence of Federalism
With a US federal government divided and unable to address key social problems, state and local government leaders have a critical role to play in fostering local social innovation.