Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
Starting Up - Articles
SSIR’s hub for students, young professionals, and others new to social innovation (more)
Bay to Bei: Fostering the Tech Ecosystem in Lebanon
Lessons from Silicon Valley on how to establish a business culture that rewards innovation and propels Lebanon into the digital age.
Gaming with a Purpose
Serious games tap into the same culture of online friendship from social networking to fuel peer involvement and encourage collaboration around real-world challenges.
Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in Lebanon
Social entrepreneurship provides a path to transform Lebanon’s challenges into opportunities for change and development.
Building Better Solutions Together, Faster
A look at the innovative *Weekend Movement in Malaysia.
The Problem with “Social Entrepreneurship”: A Student’s Perspective
Much good can be done under the guise of “social entrepreneurship,” but that doesn’t excuse our collective failure to acknowledge its limitations.
Tension and Possibility: The New Dynamics of Change
Reflections on Ashoka’s Change Nation event in Dublin.
Walk With Makmende: Part 3
From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.
Collaborative Consumption: Doing More with Less…Together
A look at three new sharing enterprises.
Walk With Makmende: Part 2
From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.