Reflection Through Narrative
How international organizations gain insight, innovation, and internal alignment through story.
From The Field On-the-ground reports from social enterprises and other projects around the world
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Introducing the Impact Genome Project
A new, groundbreaking initiative will codify and quantify the factors used in social impact programs that are proven to produce outcomes.
Measuring Impact Isn’t for Everyone
Collecting data to demonstrate your organization’s impact is great to do when you should, wasteful when you should not.
Seven Elements of Social Innovation
A new framework emerges for social innovation education.
Grantmaking, Public Policy…and Tums
Exemplary grantmakers follow evidence, not presumptions, and recognize that effective strategy requires transforming enough things, not everything.
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Community Collaboratives Show Persistence and Progress
Local US collaboratives are adapting and evolving for long-term success.
Akhuwat: Making Microfinance Work
A groundbreaking microfinance model is bringing out the best in society.
Time to Define What a “Hub” Really Is
Clarifying four core features that hub organizations are widely assumed to share can help us grasp their limits and possibilities as innovation intermediaries.
Social Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Brazil
Brazilian entrepreneurs are leveraging their deep intellectual, social, and natural resources to drive greater prosperity and create wealth.
A New Generation of Brazilian Businesses
Small businesses in the world’s 13th most unequal country are leading the way in serving low-income communities.