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SSIR blogger Tamara Straus is senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Technology & Design

Personal Democracy Forum Gets Religious

The Personal Democracy Forum revealed that 2011 is a watershed moment for work at the intersection of politics, government, and technology.

By Tamara Straus | 3 | Jun. 9, 2011
 

Nonprofits

Achieving Greater Impact Through Model-Sharing

After Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, the entire social infrastructure of the city swiftly collapsed. The education system, for example, had to be rebuilt from ground zero because the storm destroyed 110 out of 126 public schools. Today, as New Orleans struggles to reinvent effective public education, the city has more public charter schools than any public school system in the nation... (continue reading this blog post)

By Loreal Lynch | May. 4, 2010
 

Nonprofits

SkollFest Wraps

This blog is the last of Marcia Stepanek's coverage of the Skoll World Forum 2009 at Oxford University.

By Marcia Stepanek | 1 | Apr. 3, 2009
 

Nonprofits

Straws and Nets

The author asks if there really is a difference between religious organizations taking x percent of a donation for their church and a nonprofit taking money out for operating costs.

By Kelly Kleiman | 1 | Feb. 17, 2009
 

Philanthropy

Who Are You? How Do You Know?

Two conferences spur questions about self-identity.

By Lucy Bernholz | May. 5, 2008
 

Nonprofits

If It Was Good Enough for Moses?

Faith-based organizations deserve funding -- to a point.

By Albert Ruesga | 1 | May. 23, 2007