Podcast

Measurement & Evaluation

Good Measures Conference - Evaluation: New Ways of Working Together

How does an organization get through the evaluation process and live to tell about it? In this panel, part of the Stanford Social Innovation Review's conference on evaluation, funders and fundees on both sides of the table from a variety of organizations in the areas of education and social services talk about what it was like to be in the trenches of successful evaluation processes. They tease out common success factors, including how to work collaboratively across sectors and with multiple constituents.

Nonprofits

Monk E-Business

By Suzie Boss

LaserMonks, a multimillion-dollar enterprise, sells ink-jet cartridges and other office supplies online to support its Cistercian abbey in Wisconsin and to help others.

Social Innovations

Q & A: David Gergen

By James A. Phills Jr. 6

In this interview with James A. Phills Jr., the Stanford Social Innovation Review's academic editor, former presidential advisor David Gergen discusses his views on social innovation, why social entrepreneurs should be more engaged in politics, and how the federal government can work with and even fund social entrepreneurs.

Nonprofits

The Carrot Is Mightier Than the Stick

By Jennifer Roberts

Rewarding the socially responsible with customers.

Government

After Prison

By John Irwin

Comprehensive reintegration programs will lower the U.S. recidivism rate.

Business

Beyond CSR

By Christine Bader

How companies can respect human rights.

Essentials of Social Innovation

Rediscovering Social Innovation

By James A. Phills, Jr., Kriss Deiglmeier & Dale T. Miller 15

Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.

Nonprofits

Government Can Do Better for Charity

By Todd Cohen 1

By treating government as a potential partner, nonprofits can find ways to put its resources to productive use.

Nonprofits

Investment Needed in Nonprofit Policy Work

By Todd Cohen

A Johns Hopkins report recommends that nonprofits get more involved in advocacy.

Philanthropy

Habit Creation, Consumers, and Charity

By Kelly Kleiman

Consumer companies and philanthropies, unite!