Advocacy
A League of Their Own
Social enterprise Lesbians Who Tech & Allies has created a global network of LGBT people and their associates that has made the sector more diverse and inclusive.
Tag: Silicon Valley
Review
Scaling
The Next Silicon Valley
Dan Breznitz’s Innovation in Real Places challenges readers to reconsider the disruptive approach to innovation.
Review
Economic Development
Not Just Copycats
A new book on Chinese entrepreneurs breaks through stereotypes and offers a more comprehensive view of innovation in China.
Social Issues
SSIR’s 2018 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on issues including women’s inequality, sustainable leadership, and the hypocrisy of elite philanthropists.
Technology
Code Switching Across the Social/Data Divide
Technology is leaving many mission-driven organizations behind, but a new breed of digital translator can help build the bridges between data, technology, and doing good.
Podcast
Technology
Tackling Cyber-hate in Silicon Valley
The Anti-Defamation League’s Brittan Heller discusses her work tracking cyber-hate, and her partnership with tech companies and law enforcement agencies to reduce bigotry and promote justice and fair treatment in online environments.
Excerpt
Philanthropy & Funding
Show Me the Impact
How can we make the most of next gen donors’ particular focus on impact?
Foundations
Putting Community First
Community foundations should reaffirm their unique role in the philanthropic landscape and focus on the needs of their geographic community.
Foundations
The Charity That Big Tech Built
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has grown to become one of the world’s most well-funded foundations. But who in the Valley benefits from this largesse?
Measurement & Evaluation
Getting More Than You Pay For With Pay-For-Success
In laying the groundwork for stronger cross-sector collaboration and outcomes-focused approaches, pay-for-success projects in Silicon Valley are reaping benefits far beyond the success they’ve agreed to invest in.