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Roundtable: Cross-Sector Leadership in Detroit
A roundtable discussion on the role that leadership from across sectors played in revitalizing Detroit.
Tag: Partnerships
Collaboration
Business Collaboration with Government: Does Reward Outweigh Risk?
The challenges facing the world—issues that affect businesses, government, and civil society in equal part—are too real and too urgent for any sector to go it alone.
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.
Philanthropy & Funding
A Neoliberal Takeover of Social Entrepreneurship?
A model of social entrepreneurship focused on market-based solutions and profit is threatening to crowd out more collaborative approaches.
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.
Business
Hidden Talent: How Smart Companies Are Tapping Into Unemployed Youth
Refining the raw talent of the 5.5 million young Americans out of work and out of school provides compelling opportunities for companies, youth, and society—a rare trifecta—that a growing number of corporate leaders are betting on.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Four Approaches to Nonprofit Sustainability
Insights from nonprofits that have effectively adapted their work over time can help other organizations think creatively and develop a strong strategic plan.
Collaboration
Grantee Inclusion for Community Empowerment
Grantee inclusion can help correct the power imbalance not only between foundations and nonprofits, but also between marginalized communities and the broader power structures that perpetuate inequity.