Technology & Design
Game-Changers of the World, Unite
Play this online game and learn social innovation strategies to solve global crises.
Tag: Partnerships
Nonprofits
Shared Services Alliances: Part 1
Creating back office alliances—an interview with John Weiser, a principal with the nonprofit technical assistance organization Opportunities Exchange.
Food
Achieving Greater Impact Through Model-Sharing
Even if another model isn’t quite right, the idea of model-sharing—teaching and learning lessons from others—can be enlightening.
Microfinance
Rebuilding Haiti with Microfinance (Video)
Partnership brings greater social impact. This post features a video.
Podcast
Governance
David La Piana - Strategic Restructuring for Nonprofit Organizations
David La Piana has been recognized as a leading expert on nonprofit management and governance. In this audio lecture sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, La Piana presents a continuum of partnership options ranging from strategic alliance to joint ventures to full-scale mergers, all to which falls under a term he has coined as strategic restructuring. Nonprofit management leaders are finding strategic restructuring as a way to respond to the current economic conditions.
Global Issues
America’s Most Obese Areas Have A Few Things In Common
As obesity rates become a greater national problem, the development of partnerships between companies and foundations may help find a solution.
Nonprofit Management
Merging Wisely
Funders are increasingly pressuring nonprofits to merge, however, mergers are not always the right path for nonprofits in financial distress.
Environment
LEED the Way
The LEED green-building certification system is one of the fastest growing nonprofits in America.
Education
Strength Through Flexibility
Over the past 17 years, the Forum for African Women Educationalists has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries.