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Nonprofit Management

Bridging Research and Organizational Practices on Continuous Innovation

Reflections on a discussion about the capacity for continuous innovation in social sector organizations.

By Maria May | Feb. 3, 2012
 
Rob Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, in Philosophy and at the School of Education, at Stanford University

Technology & Design

Thrun on the Udacity Model

A follow up to the recent post "Some Questions About Udacity."

By Rob Reich | Feb. 1, 2012
 
Margaret Hagan SSIR Makmende Community Security Initiative

Technology & Design

Walk With Makmende: Part 2

From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.

By Margaret Hagan | Jan. 31, 2012
 
Eric Friedenwald-Fishman Metropolitan Group SSIR

Urban Development

Space: The Social Change Frontier

Exploring open spaces, parks, gardens, and trails as tools for social impact.

By Eric Friedenwald-Fishman | Jan. 30, 2012
 
Cornelia Huellstrunk Keller Center at Princeton University SSIR Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship

Not All Entrepreneurs Drop Out of College

Universities are the missing link in entrepreneurship.

By Cornelia Huellstrunk | 5 | Jan. 27, 2012
 

Nonprofit Management

Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work

This follow-up on the popular "Collective Impact" article provides updated, in-depth guidance.

 
Matthew Forti Bridgespan Group One Acre Fund SSIR

Measuring Social Impact

Ensuring That “Scaling What Works” Actually Works

For “scaling what works” to actually work, we need a new and improved version that addresses two fundamental constraints.

By Matthew Forti | 2 | Jan. 26, 2012
 
Rob Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, in Philosophy and at the School of Education, at Stanford University

Technology & Design

Some Questions About Udacity

Artificial intelligence professor Sebastian Thrun quits Stanford to create a for-profit online university.

By Rob Reich | 2 | Jan. 25, 2012
 

SSIR blogger Amy Sample Ward’s passion for nonprofit technology has lead to her involvement with NTEN, NetSquared, and a host of other organizations.

Technology & Design

Data for Promotion, Engagement, and Reporting

The more we share our data with each other inside and outside of our organizations, the more data-driven we can be in our work collectively.

By Amy Sample Ward | 5 | Jan. 25, 2012
 
SSIR blogger Kevin Starr directs the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.

Impact Investing

The Trouble With Impact Investing – Part 1

There's only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.

By Kevin Starr | 14 | Jan. 24, 2012