Social Entrepreneurship
Turning Values into Action
To produce good outcomes, social entrepreneurs must learn how to articulate their values consistently and act on them.
Tag: Employment
Understanding why people are out of work and innovative ways to provide them with jobs
Nonprofit Management
Be Careful What You Wish For
Words of advice to nonprofits transitioning leadership.
Economic Development
Digging for Ponies
Two years after the spectacular failure in the financial markets, it’s getting even more difficult to look on the bright side.
Economic Development
Questions to Address Youth Unemployment
We need to spur fresh thinking in this field even as we test and evaluate diverse approaches that promote youth economic empowerment in developing countries.
Energy
This Old Green House
Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.
Nonprofits
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Data Visualization
For nonprofits working on social change, data and data visualization are extremely valuable.
Business
Digital Job Creation for Youth
We need new ideas and models in digital work that can be scaled to meet global outsourcing demands.
Socially Responsible Business
A Bigger Pie
Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.
Government
Unlocking Future Savings
The English hope to sell social impact bonds (potentially paid for by the government) to raise money to fund new programs.
Nonprofits
Unhappy at Your Nonprofit Job? Maybe It’s Not Them, It’s You
Three ways to improve your job satisfaction without leaving your organization.