Tag: Research & Development
Foundations
Impact by Design: Making R&D Work for the Social Sector
Intentional processes that support risk-taking, testing, and fine-tuning of interventions lead to better-designed, more impactful initiatives.
Nonprofit Management
Don’t Just Scale, Retrofit! – Part 2
Most nonprofits are more apt to benefit from retrofitting rather than scaling strategies.
Nonprofit Management
Segmenting the Research
When does it make sense for NGOs to outsource their research to academics?
Health
An Open Source Approach to Medical Research
An interview with Stephen Friend about using using open source to encourage collaboration and share health information.
Technology & Design
Fueling Nonprofit Innovation: R&D Vigor Trumps Randomized Control Trial Rigor
Research and development can help more nonprofits learn, innovate, and reach goals faster and for less money.
Podcast
Business
Creating an Innovation Revolution
Lenny Mendonca discusses the role the federal budget plays in helping or hindering research, development, and private innovation.
Technology & Design
Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized.