Social Innovations
Root Solutions
Nonprofit lender Root Capital connects rural farmers and artisans with the corporations that crave their products.
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Podcast
The Encore Careers Summit - Lessons for a New Social Movement
How can the United States and the world benefit from the work of people who have been dedicated to social change over the last 30 years? What can those with the most diverse array of backgrounds and careers do to impact social, economic, and political policy, particularly in this unprecedented era of new political leadership? In this panel discussion from the 2008 Encore Careers Summit, activist leaders from the women's, civil rights, and environmental movements discuss how we can reinvent this country by drawing on lessons from the past.
Nonprofits
Will Recovery Effort Dilute Obama’s Giving-Sector Strategy?
Will the focus on economic recovery eliminate the promising possibilities that the Obama administration has had for the nonprofit sector?
Nonprofits
Power Politics in the Giving Sector
Nonprofits should indeed be pushing the incoming administration for a greater voice in helping to shape the policies that affect nonprofits and the communities they serve. But the conversation needs to include the voice of smaller nonprofits, not just large organizations.
Nonprofits
10 Ways to Become a Better Nonprofit Leader in 2009
A top ten list of ways to enhance your leadership in the nonprofit field.
Nonprofits
Why All Leaders Should Have Gone to Design School
Great leadership is all about the ability to design social systems.
Nonprofits
Climate Change
Social entrepreneurism should focus less on charismatic personalities and more on ideas that work.
Podcast
Carter Roberts - Environmental Challenges and Profit Opportunities
Companies that think about the environment as a social responsibility rather than a business imperative are living in the dark ages, says Carter Roberts, president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation audio lecture, Roberts underscores solid business reasons why sustainability is no longer just a nice thing to do, how conservation protects business, and how his organization is addressing the economics, science, and politics of conservation around the world.
Philanthropy
The New Volunteer Workforce
Nonprofits rely heavily on volunteers, but most CEOs do a poor job of managing them. As a result, more than one-third of those who volunteer one year do not donate their time the next year.