Early Risks, Big Returns
Reconsidering what’s “investable” in impact investing.
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New Skills for the New Social Economy
What is a “social economy” and how is it affecting leaders in nonprofit management?
Ten Years of Performance Measurement
Five successes to celebrate, and five areas where we need to see more progress.
Persistent Poverty in a Smug Meritocracy
A response to Dan Pallotta’s TED Talk on nonprofit executives’ pay.
Employee Engagement Gets Dirty
On-the-job impact opportunities lead to happier, more productive employees.
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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.
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.