Technology

Open Source for Humanitarian Action

By Brandon Keim

Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.

Essentials of Social Innovation

Collective Impact

By John Kania & Mark Kramer 115

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

Philanthropy

The Wrong Risks

By Sheela Patel 1

By paying so much attention to managing their own risks, philanthropists are no longer attending to the marginalized people who risk so much to make change happen.

Business

How Scale and Innovation Can Coexist

Review By Debra Dunn 2

The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin

Winter 2010

Foundations

Q&A: Jeff Raikes

By Eric Nee 4

Jeff Raikes takes over the Gates Foundation at a turbulent time when philanthropic resources are down and social needs are up.