Blending Evaluative and Organizational Development
How collaboration between nonprofit evaluators and organizational consultants can increase efficiency and lead to deeper results.
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Pay for Systems Change
The real promise of pay-for-success lies in changing how government funds social services.
The Mantra of Meritocracy
Our ongoing obsession with the myth of meritocracy is now spreading to education systems in developing economies with pernicious effects.
Feeding the Future of Agriculture with Vertical Farming
The technology-driven model of agriculture may offer a means to address farm output and food security in the years to come.
Catastrophic Times: Leadership, When Everyone Is Down
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a nonprofit leader shares lessons on preparedness, collaboration, and resilience.
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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.