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Technology & Design

Bite-Sized Goodness

The Extraordinaries have created a web-based platform that allows people to easily volunteer short amounts of time.

By Suzie Boss | Spring 2010
 
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Measuring Social Impact

Dashboards That Guide Good

Funders can help grantees track their progress more effectively by helping them develop dashboards that measure key items.

By Anne Marie Burgoyne | Spring 2010
 
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Measuring Social Impact

The Power of Theories of Change

Improving the lives of disadvantaged populations requires proven theories of change.

By Paul Brest | Spring 2010
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Second Chances and a Third Bottom Line

Recycla Chile, Latin America’s first e-waste recycling company, reclaims value from discarded electronics and marginalized people.

By Tyche Hendricks | Winter 2010
 
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Nonprofit Management

Outrun the Recession

The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.

By Alan Tuck, Don Howard & William Foster | 6 | Winter 2010
 
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Social Innovations

Endowment for a Rainy Day

To prepare for future financial downturns, nonprofits should treat endowments as rainy day funds, not cut programs to preserve the endowment.

By Burton A. Weisbrod & Evelyn D. Asch | 5 | Winter 2010
 
THE DESIGN
OF BUSINESS:
Why Design
Thinking Is the
Next Competitive
Advantage
Roger L. Martin

Business

How Scale and Innovation Can Coexist

The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin

Reviewed By Debra Dunn | 2 | Winter 2010
 
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Nonprofits

Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Designers have traditionally focused on enhancing the look and functionality of products. Recently, they have begun using design techniques to tackle more complex problems, such as finding ways to provide low-cost healthcare throughout the world.

By Tim Brown & Jocelyn Wyatt | 25 | Winter 2010
 

Nonprofits

Research: Shareholders Nudge Companies

What happens when large companies receive resolutions from their shareholders pressing them to take better care of the environment?

By Alana Conner | Winter 2010
 
WHOLE EARTH
DISCIPLINE:
An Ecopragmatist
Manifesto
Stewart Brand

Environment

An Environmental Provocateur

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Reviewed By Denis Hayes | Winter 2010