Lessons on Effective Connection
In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg presents an actionable guide to better communication, albeit one without groundbreaking insight.
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Making Sense of Wicked Problems
In Long Problems, Thomas Hale contends that effective political solutions to climate change are vexed by the issue of coordinating policies over protracted time horizons.
Social Innovation Isn’t Just a Western Phenomenon
Look for solutions and inspiration everywhere, even in unlikely places.
SSIR Online, Summer 2024 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about healing systems, trust-based philanthropy, global equity, and the opportunities connected to migration.
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Love Is the Key to Democracy
The hard, transformative work of building a society for everyone begins with seeking to love particular people and their particular needs.
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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.