Digital Fluency at the BOP

By Oliver Gilbert 1

Mobile adoption at the base of the pyramid will bring massive development benefits, but we must seize the unique opportunity to drive pre-emptive positive digital behavior to help safeguard vulnerable communities.

The Seven Commandments of Funding

By Kevin Starr 11

Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger.

Nonprofit Management

How to Build Better Bosses

By Maggie Davies

Four steps organizations can take to strengthen their approach.

Time to Define What a “Hub” Really Is

By Tuukka Toivonen & Nicolas Friederici 4

Clarifying four core features that hub organizations are widely assumed to share can help us grasp their limits and possibilities as innovation intermediaries.

Sending a Signal for Change

By Michael Simpson 1

Leading by example through individual and institutional commitments to fossil fuel divestment.

Foundations

Express Yourself

By Darren Walker & Alfred Ironside 2

The independence of foundations gives them the unique ability to communicate uncomfortable truths to entrenched power. When it comes to strategic communications, however, there are three things of which every foundation could do more.

Turning Empathy into Action

By Kate Hanisian & Shiloh Turner 4

How the nature of design thinking complements and strengthens collective impact frameworks.

Is Excel Making Your Nonprofit Mediocre?

By Curtis Chang 8

Nonprofits need to use more-sophisticated client- and program-tracking platforms to meet the expectations of today’s funders.

Advocacy

DIY PR

By Melissa Skolfield 9

How one organization took advantage of a major transition to move away from third-party vendors and build an in-house communications team.