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Social Innovations

Review: Civic Revolutionaries

Cross-sector collaboration is the key to community revitalization.

By Dawn Ibis | Spring 2004
 

Nonprofits

Review: Trustees of Culture

Are elite boards getting out of touch with their organizations' true purpose?

By Frances Philipps | Spring 2004
 

Nonprofits

Review: Leading Quietly

How middle managers can walk tall.

By Colleen Anne McCarthy | Spring 2004
 
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Philanthropy

Sound and Fury

Much public affairs lingo, such as "capacity," signifies nothing in particular. The nonprofit and public sectors have more than their share of this vocabulary. There are a handful of toxic words and phrases that have a way of polluting any stream of consciousness, muddying the concepts and making it impossible to see what facts and arguments (if any) lie below the surface.

By Tony Proscio | Spring 2007
 
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Global Issues

Your Brain on Drug Addicts

Recent neuroscience research confirms that people - and the brains they contain - view drug addicts as not quite human.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Spring 2007
 

Business

Review: Walking the Talk

Corporate social responsibility can pay big dividends.

By David Gal | Winter 2003
 

Nonprofits

Review: Toxic Emotions at Work

Organizations need to get better at talking about feelings.

By Eric Westendorf | Winter 2003
 

Nonprofits

Review: Leading Teams

Baumgarten offers strategies for creating team success.

By Jason Baumgarten | Winter 2003
 

Nonprofits

Review: What’s the Big Idea?

The authors offer advice on how to spot and move on bright ideas.

By Caroline Simard | Winter 2003
 

Global Issues

Review: A New Green Order?

The World Bank's Global Environment Facility may be undermined by bureaucracy.

By Tim Perlstein | Summer 2003