Health
15 Minutes with Victoria Hale
MacArthur “genius” prize winner creates drugs for the developing world.
Tag: Cross-sector Collaboration
Economic Development
One Buyer at a Time
Aid organizations help build small businesses build capacity without asking whether people want the businesses’ products. As these stories show, successful programs start with real buyers.
Social Innovations
Capitalizing on Convergence
Nonprofits and businesses are converging - in the value they create, the stakeholders they manage, the organizations they form, and the financial instruments they use.
Podcast
Advocacy
Kevin Danaher - Get Out of Your Silos
To be effective, nonprofits cannot operate in isolation, but must engage with other organizations across the various sectors. Talking at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp, Kevin Danaher delivers an energizing call for the next generation of leaders to make connections with business, government, nongovernmental organizations—and even the wisdom of nature itself in their quest to transform the world.
Socially Responsible Business
Weaving Businesses Together
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.
Health
Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships
An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.
Nonprofits
Field Notes: Independent Sector Conference
Why do nonprofits talk a lot about partnering with business and government, yet rarely talk about building partnerships with trade unions?
Podcast
Advocacy
Alice Tepper Marlin - Architect of Corporate Responsibility
Alice Tepper Marlin created some of the most innovative models for corporate social responsibility. Her energetic work over decades has helped provide concrete research and practical methods for bringing companies, investors, consumers, and workers together to address issues of environmental and economic justice worldwide. In this audio lecture, Tepper Marlin traces her own history from her early days on Wall Street to her ongoing work in the not-for-profit sector, providing blueprints for social entrepreneurs.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
Van Jones - Nonprofit Boot Camp Keynote
Nurturing a fledgling nonprofit takes dedication, focus, and maybe even a few miracles. In this audio lecture, Van Jones offers a compelling look at life in the nonprofit sector, sharing his own story and some key tips for making a real difference. Collaboration, communication, tenacity, integrity, and irrational exuberance are just a few of the qualities needed to grow a good idea into a sustainable force for social progress.
Podcast
Business
Corporate Social Responsibility - Bridging the Gap Panel
In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel discussion explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, and practical challenges faced by companies in implementing guidelines.