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Nonprofit Management

Four Models for Managing Digital at Your Organization

The right structure and leadership for digital at your organization will impact your performance more than any other digital initiative.

 

Business

Social Innovation, Evolving to Law

California's social venture legislation is part of a broader evolution of social innovation.

By Neetal Parekh | 2 | Oct. 12, 2011
 

Nonprofit Management

The Five Dysfunctions of a Digital Team

When an organization's external digital presence is inconsistent or incoherent, this is nearly always a symptom of deeper internal structural problems.

 

Technology & Design

Reducing Poverty Through Personal Manufacturing

The problem with traditional charity is that it gives little or no thought to the power of incentives or the necessity of self sufficiency.

By Kartik Gada | Oct. 11, 2011
 
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Technology & Design

Apps and Other Innovations Steve Jobs Gave to Nonprofits

Steve Jobs benefited the nonprofit sector by radically leveling the technological playing field.

By Curtis Chang | 3 | Oct. 7, 2011
 
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Technology & Design

Worth a Look: Scoop.it Digital Content Tool

Scoop.it makes it easy to share the things you're reading, talking about, and interested in without adding a whole new platform to your daily work.

By Amy Sample Ward | 3 | Sep. 28, 2011
 

Technology & Design

Scaling Social Impact by Giving Away Value

An interview with Village Telco Founder Stephen Song about applying open source technology to social change.

By Roshan Paul & Alexa Clay | Sep. 26, 2011
 
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Technology & Design

Mobile Measurement: Lowering Costs and Engaging Beneficiaries

We should be paying attention to monitoring and evaluation innovation in developing countries, where technology leads to better programs.

By Matthew Forti | Sep. 19, 2011
 

Fundraising

Friendraising Versus Slacktivism

Unmotivated donors didn’t materialize out of the ether when social media started taking over the world.

By Claire Diaz Ortiz | 3 | Sep. 6, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Sean Stannard-Stockton is CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors. Strategic Philanthropy

Social Innovations

GOOD Buys Jumo, Seeks Social Connective Tissue

Jumo might just move from being a content platform for people who give a damn to an immersive experience.

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Aug. 23, 2011