SSIR Guide to Resilient Leadership During the COVID-19 Crisis

By SSIR Editors

A list of SSIR articles to help social change leaders address operational and financial problems due to the COVID-19 crisis and other situations like it.

Replacing Smart Talk With Smart Action

By Jon Huggett & Dan Berelowitz 12

To have impact in the social sector, we need less jargon and more plain words so that we can reach shared understandings and act decisively together.

From Emancipation to Social Change

By Anna Wagenschwanz & Daniela Gimenez-Jimenez

How do Latin American women not only defy gender norms to become entrepreneurs, but turn their own emancipation into societal change-making?

Civic Engagement

Civic Health and Social Distancing

By Hollie Russon Gilman 1

Good civic health looks like people making meaningful connections with their neighbors, public officials, and contributing to governance decision-making. But what will become of civic life during COVID-19 Part of the series Rethinking Social Change in the Face of Coronavirus.

Why Conservation Needs a New Way to Scale

By Steve Rocliffe & Rupert Quinlan 3

Conventional routes to scaling impact don’t always work. Conservation nonprofits and social ventures should be wary of the lure of a large partner and consider replicating from the grassroots instead.

How New Technologies and Alliances Are Transforming Corporate Volunteering

By Greg Baldwin 1

Corporate America has never been more committed to volunteering, but connecting the talent of the private sector with the needs of the social sector—at scale—can’t happen without a network to bring them together. Here is how an unlikely coalition of CSR leaders is opening up closed platforms to create better cross-sector solutions.

Is the Venture Model Leading Us Astray When it Comes to Social Impact?

By Nate Wong 2

Six must-ask questions to drive impact at scale for judges of social enterprise pitch competitions.