Advocacy
How Progressive Nonprofits Can Navigate Conservative GOP Washington
Ten practical strategies to open doors on Capitol Hill.
Tag: Elections
Energy
Renewable Energy Won’t Change the World
Changing the composition of the world’s energy supply is important, but it’s only half the battle against climate change.
Excerpt
Philanthropy & Funding
Contributory or Disruptive: Do New Forms of Philanthropy Erode Democracy?
Modified from an excerpt of Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values, edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz.
Impact Investing
Trump: A Potential, and Peculiar, Source of Impact?
How an infrastructure imperative and tax overhaul could unlock capital for social and environmental impact.
Advocacy
Anatomy of a Viral Web Video Campaign
With the right creative approach and the help of supporter networks, nonprofits can leverage web video to engage thousands, even millions, of people on a shoestring budget.
Collaboration
What Lessons Does “Brexit” Hold for Social Innovators Worldwide?
Social innovators have a lot to learn from situations where they and their target beneficiaries vote on opposite sides.
Philanthropy & Funding
How Philanthropy Can Help Bridge America’s Political Divide
The imperative to invest in risky collaboration has never been greater.
Civic Engagement
Is It Time for a New Presidential Debate Format?
Around the world, people want more say in what questions candidates need to answer during presidential debates.
Civic Engagement
Increasing Voter Turnout: What, If Anything, Can Be Done?
Lessons from the voter turnout series, a collaboration between the Hewlett Foundation and SSIR.
Civic Engagement
Boost Turnout in Primaries By Targeting ‘November-Only Voters’
A recent get-out-the-vote experiment shows that turnout in primaries can be cost-effectively enlarged and broadened by targeting voters who only vote in general elections and who are often ignored by campaigns.