Charting New Futures
New Constellations works with communities to imagine new and better futures, starting with the renewal of Barrow-in-Furness in Great Britain.
Collaboration Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy
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Two Experiments With Outcomes Frameworks
The new public management model of governance has failed. But an emerging collaborative and democratic approach shows promise.
Putting Evidence to Use
Research does no good if its insights are irrelevant or not applied. Ensuring that evidence influences policy requires developing the right ecosystem and levers for accountability.
How Anonymous Self-Organized
The hacktivist collective built a framework to encourage and guide participation without direct oversight.
Collaborating to Solve Homelessness
Partnerships between nonprofit service providers and government agencies to address homelessness are more effective when the former play a leading role.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.