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Economic Development

Neal Keny-Guyer

Neal Keny-Guyer believes that wars, earthquakes, and other disasters create opportunities for Mercy Corps to help improve society.

By Eric Nee | Fall 2010
 
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Human Rights

The Law of Networks

The Innocence Network, an international collaboration of pro bono legal and investigative organizations, grows rapidly and flexibly.

By Sam Scott & Jessie Speer | Fall 2010
 
THE POWER OF
POSITIVE
DEVIANCE: How
Unlikely Innovators
Solve the World’s
Toughest Problems
Richard Pascale, Jerry
Sternin, & Monique Sternin

Measuring Social Impact

Survival of the Deviant

The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, & Monique Sternin

Reviewed By Dean Karlan | Fall 2010
 

Civil Society

What Makes Civic Associations Work

What makes a civic association effective is not so much the resources and opportunities available to it, but good leaders.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2010
 
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Arts

Collaborative Change

Bringing innovation to hard-to-change institutions.

By James Shulman | Fall 2010
 

Nonprofit Management

The Nonprofit Paradox

Nonprofits tend to recreate within their own organizational cultures the very social problems they are trying to solve.

By David La Piana | 10 | Summer 2010
 

Nonprofit Management

Scaling Impact

Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.

By Jeffrey Bradach | 13 | Summer 2010
 

Nonprofit Management

Working Wikily

A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.

By Diana Scearce, Gabriel Kasper, & Heather McLeod Grant | 5 | Summer 2010
 

Government

Patience and Perseverance

What it takes to make change in the U.S. State Department.

By Goli Ameri | Summer 2010
 
CREATIVE
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING: A
Guide for Rabble-
Rousers, Activists,
and Quiet Lovers
of Justice
Si Kahn

Human Rights

Lessons from an Organizer

CREATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice by Si Kahn

Reviewed By Hahrie Han | Summer 2010