Open Source for Humanitarian Action
Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.
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Five Ways to Navigate the Fiscal Crisis
How human services nonprofits can stay afloat and advance their missions during a time of government cutbacks.
Giving 2.0: Getting Together to Give
Giving circles are powerful ways to transform the world while also transforming participants’ giving.
Change Comes at a Cost
In 2008, a group of Chicago’s social service agencies formed the Back Office Cooperative, which has produced impressive financial savings. Yet greater efficiency has had a cultural cost.
Roundtable on Impact Investing
A group of social innovation leaders from around the world discuss impact investing and how to make it more effective.
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Shifting the Market
Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference by Antony Bugg-Levine & Jed Emerson
Finding Your Funding Model
Four guidelines provide a road map for leaders to identify and develop the right funding model for their organization.
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.