Sectors, Not Just Firms
Part I in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.
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Communicating Impact: If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It!
Nonprofits can use tried-and-true mechanisms from the private sector to better communicate their impact to donors
Real World Impact Measurement
“Good enough” = simple enough to do, but rigorous enough to mean something.
The Eight-Word Mission Statement
Don’t settle for more.
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Branding Social Change?
Can "movement marketing"—a means for companies to connect with consumers through social media—really lead to positive social change?
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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.