Social Entrepreneurship
World Literature on Social Innovation: A Quest
A new book makes an important contribution to a field screaming out for diversity—but may also illustrate why there isn’t more diversity.
Tag: Storytelling
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Roundtable on Community Engagement and Collective Impact
The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions gathered scholars and practitioners for a conversation about engaging the community in a collective impact initiative.
Nonprofit Management
Building Values-Based, Results-Driven Leaders
Developing leaders who understand shared values and focus on results leads to successful, sustainable social change.
Nonprofits
The Stories That NGOs Tell
Traditional aid organizations and newer, more volunteer-driven groups view their work in notably different ways.
Foundations
Using Evaluation as a Strategic Intervention
A new Packard Foundation report illustrates how funders can use evaluation as a powerful strategic intervention for large-scale policy and systems change.
Big Picture
Storytelling and the Dangers of Disbelief
Social innovators can benefit from embracing complex characters and stories.
Individual Giving
Millennials and the Social Sector: What’s Next?
How the Millennial generation connects, gets involved with, and gives to social causes—insights from a four-year study.
Nonprofit Management
Transforming Society’s View of Retirement
A rapidly growing group of individuals are redefining their post-midlife years in ways that hold great potential for themselves and society. SSIR x Bridgespan series.
Nonprofit Management
Building a Strong “Value Narrative”
Support for your organization, including revenue, doesn’t come from simply pushing things out or increasing brand visibility—here are three steps to reaching a new level of impact.