Philanthropy & Funding
The Power of Early-Stage Organizations to Change Entrenched Systems
New organizations often bring new tactics to old problems, but they need funding and support to move from idea to systemic change.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Innovating Philanthropy
A new generation of wealth is making a difference using powerful technology, inventing new financial models to better leverage capital, and rigorously focusing on getting proven results.
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Leadership
Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
Not every nonprofit organization can do everything well. That’s one reason why every nonprofit must work relentlessly to achieve and retain its strategic focus—a commitment to doing what it does best.
Collaboration
Sharing Is Daring
Sage Bionetworks is transforming the culture of biomedical research with open-source methods.
Health
Step by Step
ChildObesity180 is combating the nation’s child obesity epidemic by incubating and promoting the best ideas.
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Measurement & Evaluation
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: When Data Science Meets Evaluation Practice
Rhonda Evans looks at lessons from Monitor Institute’s Re-imagining Measurement initiative.
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Business
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Silicon Valley for Social Good
Steve Schwartz of Upaya Social Ventures, Meg Garlinghouse of LinkedIn for Good, and Corey Marshall and Splunk4Good look at real-life examples of Silicon Valley companies that are helping social sector organizations use data more effectively.
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Technology
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Cyber Technologies In Our Social Systems
Stanford's Rob Reich and George Triantis, and Eli Sugarman of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's Cyber Initiative, discuss the urgent need for better understanding of cyber-social systems.
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Measurement & Evaluation
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Listening For Good
Valerie Threlfall of the Fund For Shared Insight, Krystle Onibokun of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, and Brad Dudding of the Center for Employment Opportunities talk about their experience with a new program that aims to build high quality feedback loops.
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Collaboration
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Unlocking Data and Unleashing Its Potential
How can we work together to make our vast stores of data more useful to people working in different fields and sectors?