Putting Community First in Social Innovation Education
Social innovation educators are responsible for teaching students how to become collaborative community partners. Here's how.
Solutions - Articles
Shifting Philanthropy From Charity to Justice
We need a new framework for giving to address America's economic, social, and political inequalities.
The Messy Middle: Managing the Challenges of Scale-up
Five lessons on scaling educational technology for the most vulnerable children.
Evaluating Community Change
A collective impact effort in Greater Cincinnati offers a useful framework for evaluating community change.
Building Opportunities for Inclusive Leadership
Are social entrepreneurship education programs excluding those who have directly experienced social problems from working on social change solutions?
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2016
Favorites from the magazine and website.
The New Double Bottom Line
By combining the characteristics of small and nimble organizations with those that have successfully scaled, can we have our impact and our numbers too?
It’s Time to Break Arts Philanthropy Out of Its Silo
Connecting arts goals to a foundation’s larger vision can make support for the arts more targeted and impactful.
To Build Leaders for Social Impact, Universities Must Adapt
Universities play a critical role in producing social impact leaders committed to the public good and prepared to confront the challenges of an uncertain world.
From Guessing to Knowing
We do best when we let communities define and direct their own “positive outcomes.”