The Civic Impact of Youth Volunteerism
McAdam reviews two follow-up studies of youth activists, and assesses the experiences and their long-term effects on volunteers.
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Training to Save?
Does financial education training for children in Ghana help instill a culture of good decision-making? Take a reader survey and find out.
What Higher Education Should Look Like
A look at the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership.
Having Your Sustainable Cake and Eating It Too
Long-term investment in organic agriculture will provide above-market returns, environmental impact, and—in the developing world—enormous social impact.
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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.
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.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.