Social Innovations
Connecting Nonprofits
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark tells us about how he started CraigConnects, chose areas to support, and selected nonprofits to focus on.
Podcast
Civic Engagement - Most Popular
Social innovations that enrich society and enhance democratic participation (more)
Personal Democracy Forum Gets Religious
The Personal Democracy Forum revealed that 2011 is a watershed moment for work at the intersection of politics, government, and technology.
Talking to Elephants
Appeals to caring for the needy are likely to backfire unless advocates acknowledge and avoid inflaming passions that stem from other powerful moral values.
Are You Ready for the Big Shift?
So many people in the stage of life after midlife and before true old age have so much experience, time, and capacity to do something significant.
Bringing Philanthropy to China
Insight into the cultural, philosophical, and historical factors that shape China’s emerging philanthropic efforts.
In Foreign Aid, Nonprofits Could Use Some Disruption
Nonprofits should seek for-profit allies who are interested and invested in their causes—even if they don’t walk into the first meeting with a signed check.
Review
Just Instincts
The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning
The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
Global Media Needs Social Enterprise
Global leaders should begin to consider a stronger relationship with local social enterprises.
It Takes Three to Tango
A European perspective on American civil society. A quick glance at the latest
thinking about not-for-profit management and philanthropy
reveals some profound differences between the ways American and
European practitioners look at today’s major societal challenges.