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SSIR blogger Stephanie Wolcott is social responsibility director for the Alcoa Foundation in New York City and serves as content contributor to KIN Global at the Kellogg School of Management.

Socially Responsible Business

If the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, They Have a Head Start in Cambodia

A Cambodian restaurant trains former street youth for jobs in the hospitality industry.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 3 | Jan. 27, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., a psychiatrist, served as an instructor at Harvard Medical School for 20 years and is the director of the Hallowell Centers

Socially Responsible Business

A Unique Opportunity for Socially Responsible Businesses

Nonprofits and socially responsible businesses can claim one distinct advantage to other sectors: the trust of the general public.

By Ned Hallowell | 2 | Jan. 25, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Gabi Zedlmayer is Vice President of HP’s Office of Global Social Innovation responsible for driving social innovation programs that are aligned with HP’s business strategy. social innovation

Health

The Private Sector’s Role in Improving Global Health

Global health is one of the last frontiers for technical innovation. Companies can have an incredible impact by lending technical know-how to solve intricate global health challenges.

By Gabi Zedlmayer | 2 | Jan. 25, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Reeta Roy is president and CEO of The MasterCard Foundation.

Education

Opening Up Pathways to Secondary Education

We need to put secondary education on the global policy agenda. We also must create pathways to quality and relevant secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

By Reeta Roy | Jan. 24, 2011
 
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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
 
SSIR blogger Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is principal of NFP Consulting, which provides strategic planning, Board development and fundraising advice to charities and philanthropies.

Business

Social Enterprise and Its Discontents

A new study reports that nonprofit agencies that choose to support themselves with for-profit businesses end up serving their clients less and worse.

By Kelly Kleiman | 3 | Nov. 18, 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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Nonprofits

A Toolbox for Change: the Social Capital Markets Conference

Instead of the profit/nonprofit distinction, individuals should ask themselves: Who is the target beneficiary and what are the best products/services that can be provided?

By Perla Ni | 3 | Oct. 15, 2010
 

Civil Society

Transparency for Impact, Not Just Compliance

We must not allow skin-deep, compliance-driven transparency to become an acceptable substitute for values-driven, culturally ingrained efforts.

By Mario Morino | 5 | Oct. 14, 2010