Arts & Culture
The Ask
An excerpt from Good Influence on harnessing the “Influencer Effect” for impact
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Tag: Impact
Philanthropy & Funding
How ‘Productizing’ Innovative Finance Hurts Development
The pursuit of better social outcomes, not new products, should drive the international development community’s approach to innovative finance.
Impact Investing
Does Every Little Bit of ESG Integration Help?
A new report calls into question the future of ESG integration.
Foundations
Even Small Foundations Can Have a Big Impact
While large amounts of money can make a difference, it’s not the only way that philanthropists can have an impact.
Scaling
Rethinking Scale in Climate Solutions
How grassroots movements create durable and transformative impact.
Scaling
A Strategic Mess
Developing an impact strategy means embracing the murky problem of the future.
Scaling
Getting to Scale: Size Matters. Shape Matters More.
Scale is a verb, not a noun: The trajectory and curve of impact are more important than the numbers.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Putting Participants at the Center of Managing and Leading Nonprofits
Participants are not simply the intended beneficiaries of nonprofit programs. Their organizational experience, in addition to their program experience, should guide nonprofit management to achieve more meaningful social impact.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Risk and Rewards of Mergers as a Nonprofit Growth Strategy
For nonprofits that want to grow more than incrementally, mergers present a big opportunity—and big risk.
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Business
How Social Innovation Can Fight Terrorism
An excerpt from Compassionate Counterterrorism highlights development-based interventions that have deterred terrorist recruitment.