Social Innovations
Q & A: Judith Rodin
The Rockefeller Foundation is staying at the forefront of new and big ideas, funding new innovation processes like crowdsourcing and collaborative competitions.
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Global Issues
At a Loss for Ethics
Studies show that individuals are more susceptible to corrupt behavior when trying to avoid a loss.
Review
Social Innovations
Just Say “No”
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
Nonprofits
Do Goals Hurt Your Chance of Success?
When we give people incentives to achieve goals, we need to make sure the goals are worthy of being sought after.
Nonprofits
Nonprofits’ Attraction to Stimulus Funds Could Prove Fatal
Chasing government money poses risks to nonprofit innovation
Podcast
John Podesta - Responding to Climate Change
To support environmental sustainability and reduce or even stop the threat of global warming, the first line of defense is to avoid using fossil fuels in the first place. In this university podcast followed by questions from the audience, John Podesta suggests that this can be done by focusing on greater energy efficiency—both at personal and policy levels.
Podcast
Laurie Marker - Environmental Sustainability for the Cheetah
The threat of animal habitat loss is one of the major issues in the environmental sustainability arena. In this audio interview by Sheela Sethuraman, Laurie Marker of the Cheetah Conservation Fund talks about a multi-pronged effort including habitat restoration, resource management education, and job creation to address that threat to cheetahs, in particular. She describes the creative measures she has taken to save cheetahs and improve the lives of the people who live near them.
Podcast
Neal Denton - Nonprofit Collaborations in Disaster Response
Nonprofit management faces one of its biggest challenges in the arena of disaster relief. In this audio interview, Neal Denton, senior VP of government relations and strategic partnerships at the American Red Cross discusses the value of his organization's relationship to the Partnership for Disaster Response. He discusses plans for strengthening this relationship and the role of the private sector in disaster response.
Nonprofits
Clear Blood
By 1998, thousands of people had contracted HIV and hepatitis C from Canada’s tainted blood supply. To restore the supply and the public’s trust, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada created a new organization, Canadian Blood Services. Despite the public health tragedy that it inherited, Canadian Blood Services rebuilt Canadians’ faith in the nation’s blood supply by infusing transparency into its structure, culture, and operations.
Nonprofits
Your Fundraising Needs to Change Now
The author submits that focusing on individual donors may yield the most return