Technology & Design
Exploring Failure
Failure and its upside—a report from the 2010 PopTech conference.
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Nonprofits
Influence Without Authority?
Focusing on other people is something that comes naturally to many nonprofit practitioners. What’s harder for us is asking for help when we need it.
Nonprofit Management
Straight Talk in Mixed Company
A plea for across-the-aisle conversations about overhead.
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Advocacy
Political Savvy: Guidebook for a New Landscape
An accomplished panel of educational reformers share ideas and advice on how to build coalitions, engage with politicians and understand the operational and political challenges ahead.
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Collaboration
20 Years of Business Partnership at EDF
Cross-sector partnerships in environmental and social innovation that stemmed from the partnership of McDonald's and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Nonprofit Management
Volunteer Bill of Rights
A call for openness and innovation between organizations and volunteers.
Economic Development
Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa
How do we promote bottom-up entrepreneurship in emerging economies?
Social Entrepreneurship
Turning Values into Action
To produce good outcomes, social entrepreneurs must learn how to articulate their values consistently and act on them.
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Government
The World’s Water Infrastructure Challenge
ITT Corporation’s Colin Sabol talks about the urgent need for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure.
Microfinance
A Sobering Assessment of Microfinance’s Impact
At a conference last week of leaders in microfinance, attendees focused on the nitty-gritty of the social impact of microlending, and the results of the discussions were both sobering and startling.