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Achieving Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth
Emerging lessons on using data and resources to improve the prospects of young people.
Tag: Employment
Understanding why people are out of work and innovative ways to provide them with jobs
Board Governance
Boosting Nonprofit Board Performance Where It Counts
Five recommendations for onboarding a new executive director.
Government
Real World Collaboration in Times of Polarization
The newly passed Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act illustrates how organizations can find space to debate and successfully create cross-sector and bipartisan solutions.
Nonprofit Management
Winning the Talent Game
Nonprofits need to get smart about the competition for great talent.
Education
The Case for Social Innovation Micro-Credentials
Digital badges as a credentialing tool may force us to re-think and redesign education, especially for emerging fields such as social innovation.
Economic Development
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Help the Poor?
Raising the minimum wage appears to help the poor, but these policies fail to create the conditions that help people move from poverty to prosperity.
Nonprofit Management
The Uncomfortable Truth About Talent Development
The toughest part of building a talent-rich organization is letting go of low performers—but it’s critical.
Nonprofit Management
Lessons from the Transformative Scale Series
We really can achieve impact at a scale that solves problems.
Government
Moneyball: Raising Government’s Batting Average
Allocating government funding where evidence shows it can have impact will yield results—but there are potential pitfalls.
Foundations
The Value of Rigorous Evaluation
Rigorous evaluation can drive continuous learning and improvement.