Social Innovations
Chinese Activity in Africa, Part 1: Feeding the Dragon
Chinese investment in Africa could mean new opportunities in goods, services, and employment.
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Nonprofits
On Collaboration: Lunch with Sustainability Solutions Group
A consultancy that walks its talk.
Nonprofits
Take Back Your 9 to 5: Cultivate a Slash Career in the Nonprofit Sector
"Custom blend" your career.
Nonprofits
We Are Media Project: A Lesson in Eating Your Own Dog Food
A new project is building a toolkit to enable nonprofits to use social media strategies effectively.
Podcast
Andrea Coleman - Keeping Healthcare Mobile Saves Lives
Many areas of rural Africa suffer from a lack of healthcare delivery. In this audio interview with host Sheela Sethuraman, Andrea Coleman explains how she and her husband founded Riders for Health to provide life-saving assistance to such regions. She outlines how the organization uses motorcycles, in particular, to transport healthcare providers and medical goods, and how it has created a sustainable approach.
Nonprofits
Take Back Your 9 to 5: Develop a Personal Mission Statement
How to live out your values more fully.
Nonprofits
Investment Needed in Nonprofit Policy Work
A Johns Hopkins report recommends that nonprofits get more involved in advocacy.
Podcast
David Funkhouser - TransFair’s Work in Fair Trade
Coffee price fluctuations over past decades have created extreme financial crises and long-term poverty for thousands of small-scale Latin American farmers. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation sponsored audio lecture, David Funkhouser of TransFair USA, details how the Fair Trade movement arose as a market-based approach to poverty alleviation and international development. He discusses Fair Trade's function to offer suppliers fair, above-market prices, and TransFair's role in supporting that movement.
Nonprofits
Young Nonprofit Professionals Need to Keep It Real
Finding one's voice in the company of more experienced elders can be challenging.