2024 Summer Social Innovation Reading List
Suggested books and articles from SSIR’s editors
Social Issues - Articles
Measuring the Impact of Training the Trainers: Lessons From Pilots and Plastic Surgeons
How can organizations quantify the impact of the train-the-trainers model? A pioneering new study from a health-care nonprofit offers a template.
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Corporate Power That Benefits All of Us
Being in business means having a social impact. To build a flourishing nation for all people, we need businesses to take a leadership role.
Plan C for Greening Business
Engaging directly with business was never the environmental movement’s first choice—and for good reason.
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We Need to Diversify Our Innovation Portfolio
An excerpt from Behind the Startup on how venture capital investors set the agenda for innovation
Harnessing the Potential of Remittances
Lessons and strategies for developing countries
Revitalize Parks to Strengthen Democracy
The Trust for Public Land developed a framework to build community power through the creation and stewardship of green spaces. Our work demonstrates the power of parks to enrich democracy. | Open access to this article is made possible by The Trust for Public Land.
How Regeneration Is Redefining Business
Aiming for sustainability has not fundamentally altered the environmentally destructive effects of business. Only by embracing regeneration as a model can we meet the challenges posed by today’s biggest global crises.
Drone Sisters
A new government program in India is training women to become agricultural drone pilots to increase their financial security and modernize farming.
Not Building From Scratch
The city of Paris is turning empty properties into homes to relieve a supply-strapped housing market.