Diving In: Nonprofits, NGOs, and Design
A dialogue about how nonprofits can do a better job integrating design thinking into their work.
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Nonprofits & NGOs - Book Excerpts
Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively
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Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
Drawing on extensive field research and surveys, Lasker suggests several ways to make international health volunteering more effective.
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Democratic by Design: How Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America
In Democratic by Design, Gabriel Metcalf looks at how small-scale, self-organized projects that work outside the traditional structures of government and business can scale up to effect widespread social change.
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Compassionate Careers: Making a Living by Making a Difference
Compassionate Careers explores a number of career paths that provide opportunities for service-focused passions to unite and empower a new movement.
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Global Issues
The Resilience Dividend
In The Resilience Dividend, Judith Rodin addresses how individuals, communities, and organizations have built resilience in the aftermath of disasters, and why resilience is an urgent socio-economic issue.
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Profit and Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good
Profit and Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good is a look at how social entrepreneurs have used business models to change the world.
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The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community Is Changing the World
The Purpose Economy describes how a new type of economy is taking shape, one that will emphasize serving the people.
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The Color Bind: Talking (and Not Talking) About Race at Work
The Color Bind explores how color blindness and "color cognizance" can influence professional interactions.
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Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less
Scaling Up Excellence uses stories of struggle and success from various organizations to explore the idea of scaling.
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The Brand IDEA
The Brand IDEA: Managing Nonprofit Brands with Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity offers a framework for nonprofits looking to more effectively mange their brands to further their missions.