Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropic Leadership Means Following the Frontlines
How to shift the culture of philanthropy to one where funders understand they are part of—rather than in control of—social movements and systems-change work.
Tag: Community
Leadership
How Experienced Practice Can Reform Management Education
Personal experience is central to the education and development of managers.
Cities
Revitalizing Community Connection
Reimagining the Civic Commons claims it has built the first comprehensive set of metrics that connect the impact of revitalization to things like trust between people, neighbors' perceptions of safety, and a community’s ability to draw together people of different incomes, races, and backgrounds.
Health
Strength in Numbers
StrongMinds looks to break the cycle of depression for women in Uganda and beyond.
Impact Investing
A New Local Movement
Benefit Chicago demonstrates how place-based impact investing transforms a community by seeing the investment potential in everyone.
Essentials of Social Innovation
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Human Rights
The Missing Politics of Female Empowerment
Humanitarian nonprofits unconsciously reinforce the very conditions of women’s oppression they seek to eradicate in their programming.
Civic Engagement
On Shared Vision and a New Social Compact
Civic engagement and community voice make up the secret sauce of US democracy. We need a new, community-generated social compact to assert the vision and policy framework for an inclusive 21st-century America.
Civic Engagement
Parallel Universes? Lines and Ties in Civil Society
The history of America’s Hispanic community shows how civil society can create a refuge for those excluded from society at large. But allowing such demarcation lines is never good enough. For a civil society to be effective, sustainable, and worthy, it must tie together all who reside in that society.
Organizational Development
7 Articles to Improve Your Workplace Culture
A reading list to help your organization look inward and examine how to better foster a culture where employees are empowered to thrive, collaborate, and innovate for maximum social impact.