Big Box Protests Can Be a Big Deal
Community activists have a lot of potential influence on whether large retailers enter a local market.
Civic Engagement - Most Popular
Social innovations that enrich society and enhance democratic participation (more)
Podcast
Starting a RYOT In Traditional News
Host Ned Breslin speaks with the RYOT founders about their plans to disrupt traditional media by allowing people to “Become the News.”
The Promise of Mandatory Community Service
How a little-known tradition that helped rebuild Rwanda could help the rest of us.
Excerpt
Deepening Community: Finding Joy Together in Chaotic Times
Deepening Community explores four aspects of creating a meaningful community in a modern world.
Podcast
Nonprofits
The Whole World In Our Hands
From the 2013 Nonprofit Management Institute, Kenyon explains how the intersection of mobile, social, and technology is changing nonprofits.
Podcast
Business
Leveraging Social Innovation
Social innovations in supply chains have the potential for making an impact on a large scale. Experts describe innovations that are benefiting society and delivering economic value.
Putting Community in Collective Impact
Five characteristics of civic culture that collective impact efforts must address.
Lots of Opportunity
An online platform helps city governments to discover, organize, and market publicly owned property.
Citizen Chronicles
A program in Alberta, Canada, showcases the way that people with disabilities contribute actively to their communities. Includes magazine extras.