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Global Issues

 

Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health

 
SSIR blogger Tim Ogden is Executive Partner at Sona Partners.

Civil Society

Free the Knowledge

Useful knowledge for the social sector coming from academic researchers is severely limited.

By Timothy Ogden | Feb. 8, 2012
 

Technology & Design

Q&A with MASS Co-founder Michael Murphy

A new generation of architects and designers are raising expectations for the public interest design movement.

By Courtney E. Martin | Feb. 7, 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 | 6 | Jan. 27, 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
 
Jeffrey Hollender, Jeffrey Hollender Partners, Seventh Generation, Greenpeace Fund US, Verite, the American Sustainable Business Council, SSIR

Business

Sustainable Business Trends for 2012

Our greatest obstacles set the stage for new business opportunities in 2012 and beyond.

By Jeffrey Hollender | 1 | Jan. 23, 2012
 
Charlotte Benishek Global Citizen Year SSIR

Food

Hypertension: A Global Citizen Year Story

How, and when, is the right time to focus on food education, not simply food security?

By Charlotte Benishek | Jan. 20, 2012