Social Innovations
Games for Change
"Cause-related" video games don't go far enough in helping to solve social problems.
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Nonprofits
Storytelling for Nonprofits, in New Media and Old
It is more important for nonprofits to do their job than to focus on media coverage.
Nonprofits
Achieving Breakthrough Performance
From the Girl Scouts, to Partners In Health, to the city of Providence, R.I., great organizations have one thing in common: great managers. These managers, in turn, share four simple management principles that they use to guide organizations from mere mediocrity to stand-out stardom.
Podcast
Linda Rottenberg - Taking Entrepreneurism International
Ten years ago, "entrepreneur" didn't exist in the lexicon of many parts of the world. Now, thanks to the work of a nonprofit called Endeavor, entrepreneurs are emerging in countries where such activity was once impossible. Invited to speak at the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, Linda Rottenberg shares in this audio lecture how her organization has gone from a "crazy" idea of two business school graduates to an important engine for empowering entrepreneurs in Latin America and beyond.
Podcast
Networked Governance - Multilateral Institutions of the Future
As global leadership evolves from siloed hierarchies to multilateral approaches, networked governance has important potential and faces significant challenges. In this panel discussion, panelists, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ashraf Ghani, Ambassador John Bruton, Ambassador Harriet Babbitt, and Sir Ian Forbes, address the factors, from the practical to the philosophical, at play.
Nonprofits
Review: Out of Poverty
Polak offers entrepreneurial solutions to poverty in Asia and Africa.
Social Innovations
Review: Creating a World Without Poverty
Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammad Yunus aims for a more just society for all.