Civil Society
From Petitions to Decisions
After Change.org placed petitions at the center of its platform, the size of its membership soared. But operating a high-volume petition site isn’t enough for its leaders. Includes magazine extras.
Tag: Social Entrepreneurship
Energy
Get Rid of the Grid?
An emerging business model that aims to reduce energy poverty holds real promise. But it needs a jump-start.
Technology & Design
The Ethics of Innovation
An ethical framework can bridge the worlds of startup technology and international development to strengthen cross-sector innovation in the social sector.
Food
Approaching Food Waste from All Sides
New technology-enabled solutions are trying to match the scale of food recovery to the scale of industrial food distribution.
Nonprofit Management
Strategic Networking and Effective Leadership
Why strategic networking matters, and three ways to encourage new managers and other emerging leaders to do it.
Social Entrepreneurship
Predicting the Path to Scale
The power of anticipating the good, the bad, and the unexpected.
Global Issues
The Supreme Court’s First Brush with Social Enterprise
A look at how Hobby Lobby affects emerging corporate forms.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Embracing Complexity in Social Enterprise Evaluation
In this audio lecture, Brenda Zimmerman suggests approaches for addressing complexity in evaluation systems of social enterprise.
Education
New Models for Higher Education
Education systems that incorporate human interaction and multidimensional learning are poised to change what and how we learn.
Nonprofit Management
Leading Against the Odds
The best social change leaders take risks when they need to, but they know better than to sacrifice themselves for the cause.