Designing a “Cooler” Nonprofit Website
Three design principles for nonprofits looking to revamp their websites.
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Lessons of an SSIR Blogger
A look back at government regulation, philanthropy, “social blank” movements, and third sector grit.
Stop Asking and Start Listening
Leadership and communication: what we can learn from not speaking.
Fostering Adaptability and Change Through ICV
Six tips for unlocking “resilient dynamism” with international corporate volunteer programs.
L3Cs: A Cure in Search of a Disease
Most social problems now addressed by charities cannot be appropriately addressed by for-profit entities, whether or not those entities pledge to restrict or recycle their profits.
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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.