Tag: Activism
Innovations in the way that organizations use civil disobedience, protests, and other forms of activism to advance social progress
Social Innovations
The Clinton Global Initiative: Focus on Innovation
Philanthropy
The Answer Is on the Ground
The solutions to seemingly impossible problems already exist in the communities facing those problems.
Social Innovations
Catalytic Philanthropy
Despite spending vast amounts of money and helping to create the world’s largest nonprofit sector, philanthropists have fallen far short of solving America’s most pressing problems. What the nation needs is “catalytic philanthropy”—a new approach that is already being practiced by some of the most innovative donors.
Social Innovations
Philanthropy Policy Project
Global Issues
Online Community Building: Gardening vs Landscaping
Philanthropy
Tweets for Change
Tweeters come together for spontaneous gatherings of like-minded philanthropists.
Nonprofits
Social Entrepreneurs Take the Leads
Skoll and Sundance hope documentary films prove powerful in making social change.
Civic Engagement
The Encore Careers Summit - Lessons for a New Social Movement
How can the United States and the world benefit from the work of people who have been dedicated to social change over the last 30 years? What can those with the most diverse array of backgrounds and careers do to impact social, economic, and political policy, particularly in this unprecedented era of new political leadership? In this panel discussion from the 2008 Encore Careers Summit, activist leaders from the women's, civil rights, and environmental movements discuss how we can reinvent this country by drawing on lessons from the past.
Nonprofits
The Changing Role of Nonprofits
The author initiates a conversation about the new role of nonprofit organizations in the current social media and/or technology revolution and invites readers to continue the discussion.