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Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches

 
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Philanthropy

Philanthropy’s Buzzwords of the Decade

The 10 phrases I have chosen to show the steady rise in market-based solutions for social problem solving, technology’s infiltration of all things fund raising, and a shift in attention from local to global.



By Lucy Bernholz | Jan. 5, 2011
 
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Philanthropy

Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020

Rather than focus in (anymore than the buzzwords list already does) on the top 10 of the year gone by, let’s think about the factors that will shape philanthropy for the decade ahead.

By Lucy Bernholz | 4 | Dec. 20, 2010
 
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Nonprofit Management

‘Tis the Season—How the Nonprofit Sector “Shares” Itself Out of Impact

Nonprofits, government, and philanthropy need to take up better sharing practices to advance nonprofits and the communities they aim to serve.

By John Brothers | 6 | Dec. 9, 2010
 
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Technology & Design

Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Does every social media “call to action” need to have a cause?

By Amy Sample Ward | 3 | Dec. 7, 2010
 
Rob Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science and, by courtesy, in Philosophy and at the School of Education, at Stanford University

Technology & Design

Early Thoughts About Jumo

Some early impressions of Jumo, a much-heralded social networking site for stimulating, coordinating, and occasionally funding social change.

By Rob Reich | 3 | Dec. 3, 2010
 
SSIR blogger Sean Stannard-Stockton is CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors. Strategic Philanthropy

Foundations

A Different Kind of Philanthropy

The Mulago Foundation is practicing a form of philanthropy that is desperately needed. It is a fundamental departure from the conventional wisdom of what good philanthropy is suppose to be about.

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | 15 | Nov. 30, 2010
 
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Microfinance

Sunny Days for Microfinance

I think the current moment is the beginning of the golden years for microfinance.

By Timothy Ogden | 2 | Nov. 19, 2010
 
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Nonprofit Management

I Gain and You Gain: The Emergence of “Smart Power” Strategies in the Nonprofit Sector

How can we work together in the nonprofit sector to produce results that we can all benefit from?

By Jean Butzen | 3 | Nov. 15, 2010
 
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Urban Development

Transforming Cities

Archaic ideas and the fundamental restructuring taking place in our economy, makes business as usual unacceptable.

By Ben Hecht | Nov. 9, 2010
 
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Government

An Uneven Partnership

Will Tuesday’s election change government’s relationship to the nonprofit sector?

By John Brothers | 1 | Nov. 4, 2010