Rules and Rituals: How to Drive Change
To achieve systems change, we must pay attention not just to formal procedures, but also to culture.
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Solutions - Articles
Capital Aggregation: A Market-Making Idea for Impact
We need to explore new services to match impact investor interest with market demand.
Video
Rethinking Innovation and Scale
SSIR academic editor Johanna Mair talks with Roy Steiner of Omidyar Network, Renee Kaplan of the Skoll Foundation, Jim Bildner of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and Christian Seelos, coauthor with Mair of the new book Innovation and Scaling for Impact.
Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
18 Community Foundation Leaders’ Advice for Jeff Bezos
Wealthy philanthropists can give help to those who need it most by investing in local foundations and their communities.
Saving Lives Through Partnership
How a structured but adaptable collaboration model is mobilizing organizations to achieve a common goal.
Time to Reboot Grantmaking
Social sector organizations need a “healthy diet” of funding to achieve maximum impact, a concept neatly captured by the Grantmaking Pyramid now used by the Ford Foundation.
Podcast
Learning How to Listen to Beneficiaries
Valerie Threlfall of the Fund For Shared Insight, Krystle Onibukon of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, and Brad Dunning of the Center for Employment Opportunities talk about building quality feedback loops.
Can We Sustain It?
How to transform the fervor of political resistance into a new era of civic engagement.
Optimizing on the Edges
Combining tools such as design thinking, behavioral science, and evaluation can shape programs to improve patient experiences and change health behaviors.