Six Theory of Change Pitfalls to Avoid
Simply putting boxes and lines down on paper doesn’t guarantee that your organization will make better decisions.
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Having Your Sustainable Cake and Eating It Too
Long-term investment in organic agriculture will provide above-market returns, environmental impact, and—in the developing world—enormous social impact.
Branding a Revolution
Q&A with KoAnn Skrzyniarz of Sustainable Brands.
Path to a New Africa
To change Africa’s future, we must change the mindset of young Africans in college today.
Coding for a Better World
SocialCoding4Good is developing an online platform to match skilled employees from the technology sector with causes that need technical help.
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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.