Technology
How Tech Can Maximize Social Impact
Five tips for nonprofits and entrepreneurs looking to scale social impact through technology.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Scaling
What Exactly Do We Mean by Systems?
Everyone is talking about systems. Or at least, that's how it seems in my wonkish corner of the philanthropic world. You can't attend a conference or even have a meeting without hearing about systems, whether it's people trying to disrupt them, map them, learn from them, or catalyze them.
Organizational Development
Creating Breakout Innovation
Nonprofits, community groups, and philanthropists are embracing cocreation as a way to engage a wider community in tackling pressing problems.
Business
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, and a $1 Trillion Moonshot
The promise of investing big in underserved entrepreneurs in America.
Scaling
Solving Big Social Problems by Thinking Small
Frugal, flexible, and inclusive “jugaad innovation” provides a compelling model for nonprofits looking for innovative solutions to significant problems.
Education
Three Ways Universities Can Dramatically Advance Social Enterprise
A growing number of schools are advancing the pedagogy and practice of social enterprise, and today have much more to offer than they did a generation ago.
Scaling
Scaling Out
For solutions to get to scale, we need strong entrepreneurs who can build on existing breakthrough ideas, rather than creating entirely new ones.
Social Enterprise
Are You Delivering Services or Are You Providing Value?
More social innovators need to ask themselves whether the products and services they offer are actually new—and whether they in fact benefit the people they aim to help.
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Creating Systemic Change
Japan is opening the door to new approaches, such as social enterprise, for solving its pressing social problems.
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Solving Japan’s Childcare Problem
Florence, a social enterprise, is helping cause major reforms in Japan's childcare system.