Organizational Development
Forgetting Failure
It’s time to move beyond our focus on failure in the social sector, and to develop ongoing and meaningful practices for learning and improvement.
Tag: Contests & Prizes
Philanthropy & Funding
How to Find Breakthrough Ideas
If innovation is everywhere these days, why is finding it so hard?
Social Enterprise
Building a Prize Network
Social enterprise awards can be an opportunity to build movements and networks, not just single out winners.
Education
Teaching Values and Purpose for Social Change
It is time for universities to rethink how they deliver social impact education, prioritizing experiential and purpose-based training over start-up competitions.
Education
Competing Principles
Race to the Top, a $4 billion US education reform effort, produced valuable lessons on designing a competition-based program.
Foundations
A “Watch-Out” for Private Foundations Offering Prizes
No-strings-attached prizes incentivize innovation, but private foundations need to structure them carefully to avoid prohibitive penalty taxes.
Technology & Design
Data Game
To leverage data science for social good, one company is working to foster a bit of healthy competition.
Government
Finding a Niche
In Colombia, the Center for Social Innovation is exploring how much government can do to facilitate social change.
Podcast
Global Issues
Bringing Technology-Based Learning to Urban Mexico
ENOVA was recently recognized as the winner of Tech Awards 2013 in the Education category for its incredible social impact.
Podcast
Global Issues
A Clear View of Social Improvement: Nazava Water Filters
Liesolette Heederick tells us about Nazava Water Filters, winner of Tech Awards 2013 in the Health category for its innovative solution to lack of clean water accessibility in Indonesia.