Nonprofits & NGOs
Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 1
An in-depth review of what it takes to be a backbone organization, and how to evaluate and support its work.
Tag: Cross-sector Collaboration
Podcast
Energy
Food, Water, and Energy
In this audio lecture, Dr. Ann Bartuska of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shares her insight on the necessary steps to sustainably feed the nine billion people that will be living on our planet by 2050.
Corporate Philanthropy
Collective Impact Gathers Momentum
Making multi-sector collaborations work—a report from the CECP 2012 Corporate Philanthropy Summit.
Review
Social Entrepreneurship
Sustainability and Self-Interest
John Elkington argues in his latest book that a new set of entrepreneurs in business, government, and universities are reinventing capitalism.
Measuring Social Impact
Shared Outcomes
How the Rockefeller Foundation is approaching evaluation with developing country partners.
Nonprofit Management
Local Forces for Good
The authors of the influential book Forces for Good examine how their framework for creating high-impact nonprofits applies to local and smaller organizations.
Environment
A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
Economic Development
A Fresh Take on Building Prosperous Cities
Local government strategic planning is needed to move cities forward at the necessary rate of reform.
