Business
From Lemons to Lemonade: Clevelanders Find New Uses for Abandoned Spaces
Clevelanders are converting abandoned spaces into thriving new businesses.
Tag: Community
Nonprofit Management
Give Permission to Peer Influence
By using permission and peer influence in the correct way, nonprofits and other leaders can grow and empower their communities.
Technology & Design
Friending, Texting and Tweeting: Social Media and Community Foundations
From new conversations emerging at the Larger Community Foundations meeting, social media is becoming a hot topic for future development by foundations.
Podcast
Economic Development
Mark Pinsky - Social Enterprise and Community Development
In the social enterprise sector, community development financial institutions have become important vehicles for advancing the well-being of communities through market-based mechanisms. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, CEO Mark Pinsky talks about what his organization, the Opportunity Finance Network, does to support such institutions in improving people's lives in urban, rural, and reservation-based markets.
Global Issues
Online Community Building: Gardening vs Landscaping
Nonprofits
First and Foremost: Know Your Community
Podcast
Education
Randy Wang - Education Through Community Participation
If you had to design a system to improve the quality of education in distant underprivileged schools, where would you begin? You might first step away from the problem and ask: What is the simplest "system" that could work in the real world? In this audio interview with host Sheela Sethuraman, Randy Wang describes his motivation to create Digital StudyHall, a collection of mundane technologies that have dramatically improved long distance education. He also talks about his progress and goals.
Podcast
Global Issues
Dan Burden - Environmental Sustainability in Walking Cities
Dan Burden has studied and defined what makes for a pedestrian-friendly community. Even more important, he knows why such places are so valuable for everyone—walkers and drivers alike. In this audio lecture, Burden discusses why walkability is crucial to the sustainability of communities, and what they can do to encourage it.
Nonprofits
People-Powered Content: It’s Driving the Web and Could Drive Your Community!
Citizen-created content benefits nonprofits in myriad ways.
Arts
Arts Play Critical Community Role
The nonprofit arts industry is vital to our quality of life and prospects for economic growth.