The Sound of No Music
Like many nonprofits, the Oakland Symphony failed to understand the distinction between mission and strategy.
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15 Minutes with Cheryl Phillips
Interview with Seattle Times journalist Cheryl Phillips.
The Working Poor
The working poor are neither helpless nor omnipotent.
15 Minutes with Robert Egger
Interview with Robert Egger, founder, D.C. Central Kitchen.
Scaling the Walls
How a nonprofit spurred the Indian government to help seniors.
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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.