Dump the Stupid Prizes, Multiply the Rest
Why we need more social enterprise competitions.
Big Picture Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches
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Disabled Youth Get Quality Jobs
CPDL demonstrates a scalable public-private partnership model that trains disabled youth and links them to jobs in the organized sector.
The Five Stages of Social Innovation at Scale
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.
What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?
We need to broaden philanthropy’s view of social sciences.
Dump the Prizes
Contests, challenges, awards—they do more harm than good. Let’s get rid of them.
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What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.