Social Innovations
Just Say “No”
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
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Nonprofits
Nonprofits’ Attraction to Stimulus Funds Could Prove Fatal
Chasing government money poses risks to nonprofit innovation
Nonprofits
The Best Thing We Can Do for Nonprofits–and Ourselves
We must actively withhold support when we see the government acting in a way counter to our ideals and its own.
Social Innovations
The Innovation Imperative
The long-term strength of our nation relies on the level of commitment we have toward innovation.
Social Innovations
Social Innovation in the White House
The White House is about to announce the creation of the Office of Social Innovation.
Partners Must Start Smart
Starting on the right terms fosters the trust necessary for partners to work together over the long haul.
Government
Second (and Third) Thoughts about Public Funding for the Arts
The author breaks down how public funding of the arts should be put towards performance, exhibition, and education leaving the artists and their creative process to private patronage.
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.
Government
Romanticizing the Poor
Market solutions to poverty, which include services and products targeting consumers at the “bottom of the pyramid,” portray poor people as creative entrepreneurs and discerning consumers. Yet this rosy view of poverty-stricken people is not only wrong, but also harmful.