Tackling Digital Security Across Civil Society
Four steps civil society organizations and their funders can take to begin addressing digital risk.
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Reframing Sexual Violence: From #MeToo to Time’s Up
In the shift from #MeToo to Time’s Up, movement leaders are strategically framing sexual violence as a social and cultural problem, rather than an individual problem. Doing so helps people think about the broad range of actions we can take to systemically prevent sexual violence.
Early, Patient, Nimble Philanthropy Can Make or Break Public-Private Partnerships
A look at how private long-term investment can help spur public engagement—and lead to policy change and impact—in environmental conservation and beyond.
Low Performance and High Satisfaction: The Information Paradox of Bad Schools
Parents in emerging economies seem happy with schools that don’t teach their kids very much. The lack of demand for good quality education could be one of the biggest barriers to solving the education crisis.
Leveraging the Power of Bots for Civil Society
Autonomous technologies can support social services programs, but delivery must always be centered around people.
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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.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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 Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.