Skoll World Forum 2010 Kicks Off in Oxford
The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship focuses on “catalyzing collaboration for social change.”
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Podcast
Madhu Sridhar - A Social Enterprise to Reduce Hunger in India
Akshaya Patra USA is an innovative social enterprise, a food program that is changing the face of education in India. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, President and CEO Madhu Sridhar talks about how the enterprise grew from a small organization to a massive, well-run entity. She discusses its noble goals and its strategically oriented approaches to meeting high-volume demand at low cost.
Foundations Can Step Up as Shareholders
Foundations should become more informed and active shareholders in the companies in which they invest their endowment funds.
Podcast
Robert Grimm Jr. and Susannah Washburn - Leading the New Volunteer Workforce
Sharing emerging trends and demographics of the new volunteer workforce, Robert Grimm and Susannah Washburn of the Corporation of National and Community Service show that volunteerism has been a growth area across the nation. Recognizing the value of volunteers can be a viable approach to maximize the efficiency of an organization. The speakers call on nonprofit management professionals to take on this new momentum for service and invest in volunteers by recruiting, developing, and recognizing volunteer talent.
The Heartache of the Failed Hail Mary
A look at how nonprofits can improve organizational capacity in order to more effectively implement long-lasting social change.
Clouds and InfoStructure
Cloud-based tools encourage greater collaboration, allowing us to re-imagine problems and develop new solutions to tackle social problems.
The New Watercooler
Companies need to start engaging with employees by creating social networks in the workplace that facilitate greater communication.
Global Issues
Sustainable Living: Becoming an Unconsumer
The recent recession has led to a change in how consumers buy and sell, a new trend called unconsumption.
Gaming for Good
The explosion of online gaming offers opportunities to use game mechanics to create social good.
Podcast
Kriss Deiglmeier - New Paths to Social Innovation
The blurring of lines between nonprofits, governments, and for-profit businesses have fueled contemporary social innovation. With this convergence of market and non-market practices, we find that cross-sector collaborations provide for lasting solutions to our society's most vexing social problems. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director of the CSI, defines social innovation, bringing clarity to the term, and examines its current status in theory and practice.