Foundations
Making Good Ideas Go Viral
A less-traveled path to education reform: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is catalyzing three social forces to create an epidemic of best practice.
Tag: Community
Organizational Development
Improv Tools for Organizational Impact
The structures and philosophy of the art of improv can help nonprofits stay grounded in what they are, while simultaneously allowing them to creatively respond to the ever-evolving needs of the people they strive to serve.
Organizational Development
The Power of Convening for Social Impact
Bringing people together in an environment that encourages and facilitates idea exchange is one of the most powerful communications strategies for driving change.
Civic Engagement
Creating an Engaged Citizenry Through Voting
Americans for Prosperity Foundation works to make sure that the message of doing your civic duty by voting hits home.
Social Issues
Community Culture Is a Big Driver in Voter Turnout
Voter turnout can vary widely across states and within cities and counties, even when structural factors are the same. A shared sense of responsibility among residents for taking care of their communities may be part of the explanation.
Global Issues
Sharing Solutions to Poverty
Efforts to battle poverty in the United States can learn a lot from the developing world, and vice versa. Thankfully some of the barriers between these traditionally isolated domains are falling.
Collaboration
Grassroots Change
To create long-lasting social change, organizations and programs must become embedded in the local community.
sponsored
Building Power, Building Health
By catalyzing the power of people to make change, community organizers equip
people at every level to overcome the myriad barriers to health.
sponsored
Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson
The Deaconess Foundation seeks to shift public policy, mobilize community members, and strengthen advocacy efforts related to children and youth.
Civic Engagement
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.