Innovation to Impact: Obama’s Social Innovation Fund at Four
Progress, pitfalls, and what lies ahead.
Solutions - Articles
Rethinking the E Word
Broadening the definition of evidence can lead to more confident and informed philanthropic decisions.
Human-Centered Design and the Last Mile
A collaborative approach to empowering community health workers drives innovation.
Fundraising Is Fundamental (If Not Always Fun)
Overcoming a reluctance to ask people for money is a crucial step that every nonprofit leader must make.
Podcast
Using Science and Social Enterprise to Improve Rice Crop Yield in India and Bangladesh
Pamela Ronald, of the University of California, Davis, talks about how her laboratory, in collaboration with other scientists, developed a variety of rice with sufficient submergence tolerance to survive severe flooding.
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The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator
The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator describes the journeys of ten innovators who discovered problems that they couldn't ignore.
Assessing Funders’ Performance: Five Easy Tools
Measuring impact is so tough that many funders give up, but there are some insightful and actionable tools for funders that aren’t daunting.
Nonprofit Lessons from a Government Tech Debacle
What can organizations learn from the Affordable Care roll out?
C³: The Exponential Power of Company-Cause-Culture Partnerships
Companies can achieve more than traditional corporate social responsibility efforts by partnering with celebrities.
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Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less
Scaling Up Excellence uses stories of struggle and success from various organizations to explore the idea of scaling.