Winter 2013

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Winter 2013

Volume 11, Number 1

Social media—such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn—is upending the way all organizations operate. Nowhere is this more true than in nonprofit fundraising. The traditional models of finding, engaging, and cultivating donors, volunteers, and other supporters has changed forever, according to “The Permanent Disruption of Social Media” in the winter 2013 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. The article not only dissects the changes—it offers a new model that takes full advantage of social media.

Features

Fundraising

The Permanent Disruption of Social Media

By Julie Dixon & Denise Keyes 26

A new study highlights the realities of donor behavior and how organizations can redesign their outreach strategies to be more effective.

Impact Investing

Closing the Pioneer Gap

By Sasha Dichter, Robert Katz, Harvey Koh, & Ashish Karamchandani 11

More money than ever is flowing into impact investing, yet many social entrepreneurs creating companies that serve the poor still find it difficult to raise capital.

Education

A Revolution Begins in Teacher Prep

By Jonathan Schorr 4

A new generation of teacher education programs is challenging how teachers get trained for the classroom.

Health

Learning from Coca-Cola

By Prashant Yadav, Orla Stapleton, & Luk Van Wassenhove

When it comes to expanding medical supply chains in the developing world, there is much to be learned from Coca-Cola’s global-scale production and distribution model.

Global Issues

Using National Networks to Tackle Chronic Disease

By Taz Hussein & Michaela Kerrissey 3

YMCA and other national nonprofit networks are using their reach into local communities to deliver public health programs.

What’s Next

Government

New Option for Retirees

By Suzie Boss

State-sponsored pensions for private sector employees aim to stem US retirement insecurity.

Philanthropy

Giving Smarter

By Suzie Boss 2

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy aims to help donors make informed, smarter giving decisions.

Nonprofits

Room to Grow Nonprofit Innovation

By Suzie Boss

At Center4, small organizations will be able to pool their problem-solving strategies and resources to incubate new solutions.

Microfinance

All-Mobile Microfinance

By Suzie Boss

Kenya is about to become a world leader in mobile microfinance.

Field Report

Intermediaries

Investing in Arab Entrepreneurs

By Jamil Wyne 3

Endeavor’s expansion to Egypt and Jordan is helping to create thousands of jobs.

Arts

Nonprofit-Public School Alliance

By Phuong Ly

A partnership between Fairfax High and the nonprofit Greenway Arts Alliance in Los Angeles has improved school finances and created a community hub.

Civil Society

Follow the Money

By Brandon Keim

MapLight, a nonprofit that crunches data to determine the influence of money in politics, aims to make government more accountable.

Case Study

Intermediaries

The Encore Fellowships Network

By Beth Benjamin 1

In just two years, the Encore Fellowships Network used a network-scaling model to grow from a single pilot program to 200 organizations operating nationwide.

Viewpoint

Impact Investing

Complete Capital

By Antony Bugg-Levine 4

We need integrated solutions, not just investment capital, to address social problems.

Economic Development

From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency

By Tony Blair & Kate Gross 1

The Africa Governance Initiative aims to support a new generation of African leaders building strong, transformative government institutions.

Foundations

Redefining Community Foundations

By Emmett D. Carson

The CEO of the largest merged community foundation in the world reflects on the changing interests and identity of its donors.

Socially Responsible Business

The Power of Unreasonable Teams

By Pamela Hartigan & Charmian Love

Intrapreneurs can accelerate solutions for the complex environment that companies face in the 21st century.

Research

Human Rights

Searching for Gender Equality

By Corinna Wu

To combat violence against women, mobilize feminist groups.

Food

Trading on Climate Change

By Corinna Wu

Tanzania might benefit from unexpected trade opportunities resulting from climate change—but the country must enact policies to take advantage of them.

Civil Society

Spreading Protest Tactics

By Corinna Wu

More collaboration among activist groups leads to a broader repertoire of tactics.

Civil Society

Tragedy of the Common Car

By Corinna Wu

Zipcar members may share cars, but they don't feel a sense of community.

Book Reviews

Review

Cities

Demographic Revision

Review By Robert J. Sampson

The vast majority of neighborhoods in American cities do not "trade places." Instead, concentrated poverty and its opposite, concentrated affluence, are surprisingly persistent.

Review

Social Entrepreneurship

Tales of an Entrepreneur

Review By Sam Goldman

The author provides a rollicking and detailed recounting of what it takes to build a social business in Africa.

Review

Technology & Design

When Life Imitates the Internet

Review By Lucy Bernholz

Networks, equal access, and read-write products are no longer just core design elements of the Internet; we are making them real.

Last Look

Environment

Environmentalists in Prison

By Tamara Straus

The Sustainability in Prisons Project is helping US prisons reduce their operating costs and providing ex-cons a pathway to green jobs.

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