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When Good Is Not Good Enough
The sector needs to shift its attention from modest goals that provide short-term relief to bold goals that provide long-term solutions.
The Future of Health Care Access
Traditional health care is a hands-on affair. But a wave of technology-driven innovation signals the emergence of a compelling new model.
Unleashing Breakthrough Innovation in Government
Public sector innovators are improving government by replicating the market conditions that have fostered breakthroughs in the private sector.
The Growth of European Venture Philanthropy
Growing numbers of foundations, government agencies, and corporations in Europe are adopting venture philanthropy practices.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.