Going Off-Script
Spontaneous protest activity—a vital part of many social movements—can arise from a variety of conditions
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Danger Ahead
The spread of technology-based platforms brings greater connectivity—but also greater vulnerability.
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Not-So-Ordinary Altruism
A defense of Effective Altruism raises the question of just how effective that movement can be.
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Always on Call
A new, data-driven mode of confronting humanitarian disaster requires an appropriate policy framework.
Emergent Strategy in Action
A look at how one organization is using emergent philanthropy on a local level to improve early childhood education.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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.