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The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, & Monique Sternin
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The Innocence Network, an international collaboration of pro bono legal and investigative organizations, grows rapidly and flexibly.
The Value of Free
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What Makes Civic Associations Work
What makes a civic association effective is not so much the resources and opportunities available to it, but good leaders.
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