Fostering Collaboration Through Common Language
Social change partners must understand the why before digging into the what.
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A Case for Business Diversity
The co-operative enterprise model lets people own and operate the services they need to live, and supports overall economic stability and resilience.
Investing in “Teacher Town, USA”
A group of local donors has set out to transform the teaching profession in Memphis, Tennessee.
Civic Crowdfunding: A New Way of Spending Down?
Civic crowdfunding shouldn't support core public services; it should create immediate impact and inform future projects.
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Greening Health Care: How Hospitals Can Heal the Planet
A new book looks at the mix of leadership, strategy, coordination, and evidence leaders need to transform the US health sector.
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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.