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From The Field

 

On-the-ground reports from social enterprises and other projects around the world

 
SSIR blogger Jill Vialet is the president and founder of Playworks and an Ashoka Fellow.

Nonprofits

How Do You Create a New Normal? A Three-Part Path to Scale

At Social Impact Exchange, a forum dedicated to scaling high-impact social program, investors wanted to know “How will your idea achieve scale?”

By Jill Vialet | 3 | Jun. 20, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Jonathan Kalan, founder of The (BoP) Project. corporate social responsibility

Philanthropy

From the Field: Impact First

Social enterprises in East Africa seem to have two quite distinct commonalities: a comprehensive, impact-driven business model, and a plan to “scale big.”

By Jonathan Kalan | 3 | Jun. 17, 2011
 

Global Issues

Improving Sales Offers for Improved Stoves

A unique sales strategy puts more environmentally friendly cookstoves into the hands of more cooks.

By David I. Levine | Jun. 15, 2011
 

Social Entrepreneurship

A New Business Model for Women in the West Bank

Fidaa El Tunky has created the first grassroots venture capital project for rural women in the whole of the Arab region.


By Iman Bibars | Jun. 13, 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

mPedigree: A Collective Impact Case Study

The collective impact of government organizations, nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, and businesses can produce a more effective social innovation model.

By Gabi Zedlmayer | 2 | May. 20, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Diana Jue is working toward her Master of City Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning as a member of the International Development Group. social entrepreneurship

Environment

Innovations That Address the Last-Mile Distribution Challenge

Social enterprises have taken up the challenge of developing markets for newly designed cook stoves in India.

By Diana Jue | May. 2, 2011
 
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.

Nonprofit Management

Listen to the People

Always talk to the people you are trying to help. And make sure you listen.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 4 | Apr. 18, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Jenna Nicholas has worked for the Oxford Hub, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Stanford Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Global Health Corps.

Social Entrepreneurship

Skoll World Forum: Large Scale Social Change

The eighth year of the Skoll World Forum showed incredible dedication to accelerating entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s most pressing social issues.

By Jenna Nicholas | Apr. 4, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Diana Jue is working toward her Master of City Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning as a member of the International Development Group. social entrepreneurship

Technology & Design

From the Lab to the Land: Disseminating Technologies for the Poor

Collaboration across sectors supports the scaling up of product dissemination and an organizations’ goals of improving the lives of low-income citizens.

By Diana Jue | Mar. 31, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Liane Phillips is the author of Why Don’t They Just Get a Job: One Couple’s Mission to End Poverty in Their Community.

Nonprofits

Attacking Poverty Through Jobs

I hope that as long as there is poverty in our country, there will be a Cincinnati Works’ model that can help families escape poverty.

By Liane Phillips | Mar. 28, 2011