Measurement & Evaluation
The Power of Evidence
An excerpt from Next Generation Evidence on building social impact through a broader and more inclusive definition of evidence
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Tag: Systems Change
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Economic Development
Starting in Our Own Backyards
An excerpt from Wealth Supremacy on building an economy for all of us
Collaboration
Healing Systems
How recognizing trauma in ourselves, other people, and the systems around us can open up new pathways to solving social problems.
Philanthropy & Funding
Investing in Systems Change Capacity
Philanthropists must think beyond funding outcomes and invest in the capacity of systems to perpetuate and sustain change.
Design Thinking
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2023
Design thinking, narrative change, AI, impact investing, the future of philanthropy, and more.
Impact Investing
Systemic Investing for Social Change
To move beyond single-point solutionism, impact investing must use financial capital as both resource and connective tissue.
Education
The Power of Relationships to Transform Systems
Californians for Justice has elevated the power of young people by establishing authentic relationships between them and teachers, educators, and officials. In so doing, it has remade education in the state and crafted a model for broader social change.
Health
Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health
A new framework for understanding the opportunity for health care innovators to dig deeper.
Webinar
Measurement & Evaluation
Systems Thinking for Social Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, and Policy Makers
This SSIR LIVE! 90-minute program (on-demand available later) introduces the mindsets and skills for thinking about systems and learning to map them—essential knowledge for any social entrepreneur, philanthropist, policy maker, or citizen who wants to understand how the world really works and solve just about any problem facing society.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Zero-Problem Philanthropy
Moving away from endless problem-solving and toward creating healthy context.