Social Innovations
Generations Converge at the Intersection of Money and Meaning
The movement to provide capital to social enterprises is gaining momentum.
Social Enterprise - Most Popular
Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
Eyeing Talent
VisionSpring picks promising social entrepreneurs to restore the eyesight of poor people.
Philanthropy
Reviewing the Past, Predicting the Future
The author takes a crystal ball to the 2009 economic landscape.
In the Black with BRAC
Serving more than 110 million people per year, BRAC is the largest nonprofit in the world. Yet it doesn't receive the most charitable donations. Instead, BRAC's social enterprises generate 80 percent of the organization's annual budget. These revenues have allowed the organization to develop, test, and replicate some of the world's most innovative antipoverty programs.
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Podcast
Panel Discussion - Skoll World Forum: Assessing Impact
In considering the effectiveness of your social enterprise, are you making a difference? Do you add value to your constituents' lives? Are you as effective as possible per dollar output? In this panel discussion at the 2008 Skoll World Forum, talented experts talk about the challenges of social enterprises and how metrics can impact organizational learning and innovation, and lead the more effective use of resources.