Nonprofits & NGOs
Using Story to Change Systems
We need to develop new processes of collective storytelling across sectors to navigate turbulent times and foster systems change.
Tag: Systems Change
Advocacy
Four Strategies for Large Systems Change
To create systems of societal change, we need to become clearer about the archetypes of societal change strategies, their strengths and weaknesses, and their interactions.
Philanthropy & Funding
Systems Change—Big or Small?
To tap the full potential of a systems change approach, we should not limit our thinking to large, transformational changes. We should also include smaller, more targeted changes.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2017
Highlights from the magazine and website.
Philanthropy & Funding
A New Model of Collaborative Philanthropy
A new effort called Co-Impact is bringing together donors from around the world to better identify, align, and support opportunities for systems-level change.
Foundations
To Change the System, First Change the People
At the Bush Foundation, grantmakers use an analytical approach to identify the right people who can make a difference, and supply them with the tools, connections, and inspiration they need.
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
Systems Thinking: A View from the Trenches
Four lessons from one foundation’s effort to put systems thinking into practice.
Scaling
From Scaling Impact to Impact at Scale
As nonprofits, NGOs, and funders increasingly seek innovative ways to address the total need around critical issues, new challenges, questions, and opportunities arise.
Foundations
Systems Change in a Polarized Country
A growing number of US foundations are adopting practices based on systems change to achieve their goals in the current political environment.