A Good Business for Poor People
Microfranchising poses fewer risks and offers greater benefits than does creating a new business from scratch.
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Working Wikily
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.
The Ingredients of Growth
By choosing smart economic models and stabilizing political institutions, political leaders pave the way for fast and sustained development.
The Case for Stakeholder Engagement
Grantmaking initiatives often fail when the foundation remains isolated from its grantees and the communities they both serve.
Merging Wisely
Funders are increasingly pressuring nonprofits to merge, however, mergers are not always the right path for nonprofits in financial distress.
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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.