Foundations
Using Knowledge to Improve Funder Practice
Many organizations are creating and disseminating knowledge about the practice of philanthropy, but does that information actually influence how funders operate?
Tag: Organizational Networks
Food
Designing a Renewable Food System
Borrowing from the renewable energy sector, we can create a better food system by organizing regional governments to create markets for smaller producers and establishing coordinated networks that can amplify best practices.
Measurement & Evaluation
Evaluating Community Change
A collective impact effort in Greater Cincinnati offers a useful framework for evaluating community change.
Collaboration
Catalytic Collaboration
Path-breaking organizations, working together in a new way, might just transform the nonprofit sector.
Collaboration
It Takes a Network to Tackle Growth and Complexity
Social network analysis may benefit regional conservation efforts in the Texas Hill Country and help mitigate other challenging societal issues.
Education
Networked Impact: This is Not Your Grandfather’s Coalition
The 100Kin10 effort to increase the number of STEM teachers in America’s classrooms offers insights into an emerging model for social change.
Organizational Development
Living in the World of Both/And
How leaders are integrating both the network and organizational mindset into their pursuit of social impact.
Collaboration
The Calculus for Commitment: The Power of Involving the Private Sector in Social Impact Networks
Why social sector organizations should make engaging for-profit companies a normal part of their problem-solving strategies—and four ways to do it effectively.
Impact Investing
Investing in Communities Affected by Conflict and Crises
How the private sector, governments, and others can use impact investing to better support sustainable social change in humanitarian emergencies.