Collective Impact: The Missing Link
Three ways to create an environment where interdependent stakeholders can perform their individual roles optimally and collaborate with each other effectively.
Solutions - Articles
Like the Vacuuming, Nonprofit Work Is Women’s Work
If we want the nonprofit sector to innovate, we need to acknowledge the gender gap between nonprofits and the private sector.
Beyond Shared Value: Character as Corporate Destiny
A new approach to enhancing corporate performance by upgrading the character of an organization.
Operating When You Can’t See the Full Picture
Three principles for solving complex, systemic problems like improving community health.
Parsing Impact Investing’s Big Tent
As the momentum of impact investing builds, the lack of proper taxonomy poses a significant risk to the movement, especially given recent growth.
Building With, Not For
Social good technologists working on building a more responsive and effective government need to be more inclusive of the citizens they’re trying to engage—and stop neglecting the government they already have.
Undercover Solutions
Solutions to social problems are often hidden in the most obvious places, masquerading as problems.
Moving Beyond Vanity Metrics
To achieve greater impact, membership and advocacy organizations must find new ways to measure engagement.
The Charity Trap
Why a recent exposé on Red Cross failures in Haiti highlights unrealistic expectations for social sector organizations.
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.