Advocacy Funding Pays Off Big
Foundations can generate big impact by investing their charitable dollars in advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement.
Nonprofits & NGOs - Most Popular
Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively (more)
Hitting Reset on Outcomes
A new look into how the nonprofit sector can reset its approach to outcomes and management.
What Matters About Mobile
With advancements in mobile technology, new doors are being open for nonprofits to take advantage of.
Podcast
Audrey Seagraves - Fair Wage Guide Software and Social Enterprise
Audrey Seagraves has a passion for international development and social enterprise. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, the director of programs at World of Good talks about the creation of Fair Wage Guide software, a free tool that tells the viewer how wages being paid to any artisan worldwide compare to international wage standards.
The Normative Problem with the Term ‘Next Generation’ Leaders
The ‘next generation’ moniker gives young people the sense that they have to wait before they can lead. But youth can be 'now generation' leaders.
Give Permission to Peer Influence
By using permission and peer influence in the correct way, nonprofits and other leaders can grow and empower their communities.
Third Sector Grit
From stories of "firmness of mind" to "unyielding courage," Third Sector Grit is the driving—but often unrecognized—force behind many nonprofits.
The Right Measures
A new resource for measuring where the greatest need exists offers nonprofits and social entrepreneurs an idea of where to focus their collective goals.
Podcast
Paul Rice - Promoting Fair Trade as Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship may be the most promising avenue for solving global problems, says Paul Rice, CEO of TransFair USA. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Rice details his own work to establish Fair Trade. The movement has opened the U.S. market to more than 1.4 million small family farmers around the world who are now getting a fair price for their harvests and making dramatic gains in their living standards.