Nonprofits Must Listen With Their Ears, Not With Their Eyes
Social sector leaders who “speak for” marginalized groups engage in harmful behavior that excludes marginalized communities from making decisions that affect their lives.
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Bridging Faith and Social Justice Across Generations
How an unlikely alliance between Catholic nuns and young social activists benefits both groups.
Measuring Social Impact Can Help Foster a Stronger European Social Economy
Social enterprises and nonprofit organizations need to change the way they measure the impact of their work and become learning organizations, able to influence public policy.
The Power of Multigenerational Teams in the Social Sector
How second careers for older adults can help nonprofit workplaces age-integrate and benefit from multigenerational mentoring.
Twin Engines for Propelling Social Impact
The business world’s “Engine 1/Engine 2” concept can help ambitious nonprofits balance today’s needs with tomorrow’s potential.
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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.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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.
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.