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Health

Transforming Healthcare

Connecting information, applications, data, and people—a report from the Stanford 2013 Healthcare Innovation Summit.

By Stacey Paris McCutcheon | May. 10, 2013
 

Nonprofits

Scale Readiness: A Checklist

Five questions nonprofits should ask themselves as they prepare to scale.

By John Gillespie | 3 | May. 9, 2013
 
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Philanthropy

Local Resources for Local Needs

A look at Silicon Valley’s surprising disconnect and opportunities that all local funders should consider.

By Alexa Cortes Culwell | 12 | May. 8, 2013
 
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Measuring Social Impact

Measuring to Improve vs. Improving Measurement

From Skoll World Forum 2013: Will new measurement tools such as “big data” be a big distraction or a big opportunity?

By Matthew Forti | 2 | May. 7, 2013
 
Deirdre White is president and CEO at the nonprofit CDC Development Solutions (CDS).

Socially Responsible Business

The Future of Corporate Engagement in the Developing World

Five takeaways from this year’s International Corporate Volunteerism Conference.

By Deirdre White | 1 | May. 6, 2013
 
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Education

The Power of Technology in Social Innovation Education

A cross-sector initiative aims to develop 21st-century skills in secondary school students—highlights from a recent survey.

By Caroline Jenner | May. 2, 2013
 
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Civil Society

Painting the Internet Red

A case study on how the Human Rights Campaign successfully used online cause marketing.

By Anastasia Khoo | 1 | May. 1, 2013
 
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Human Rights

A Study in Risk and Restraint

Lessons for entrepreneurs abound in the new biography on Molly Melching’s work.

By Courtney E. Martin | Apr. 30, 2013
 
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Social Entrepreneurship

Losing Ownership of New Ideas: A Mark of Success

For social entrepreneurs, radically reframing ideas about social change can have a silver lining.

By Lisa Lepson | 1 | Apr. 29, 2013
 
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Business

Regulation for Business Success

World-class regulation helps the development of world-class industry. We need more of it.

By Joseph Zammit-Lucia | 1 | Apr. 26, 2013