Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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February 9-13
Long Beach, CA

TED
February 28
Stanford, CA

Social Entrepreneurship Day 2010
April 14-16
San Francisco, CA

Turning the Tide
April 18-30
San Francisco, CA

Investors’ Circle
April 28-30
San Francisco, CA

Social Enterprise Summit
April 29
Stanford, CA

Socially Responsible Supply Chains
May 20-21
San Francisco, CA

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June 7-10
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Sustainable Brands ‘10
June 16
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AFP Fundraising Day

Audio Recordings of Recent Events & Speakers

Social Change With a Networked Mindset
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In this audio lecture, Heather McLeod Grant explores how to use collaborative practices and networked approaches to further social impact.

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The Psychoogy of Giving

Drawing from her research on what makes people happy, Jennifer Aaker talks about how to garner more volunteers and money in an era in which the giving of time and money is shrinking.

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Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector
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Deborah Rhode considers some of the temptations to which nonprofits have succumbed, resulting in the public’s shaken trust in charities.

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Learn to Love Lobbying!
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In this podcast, Fraser Nelson confronts some of the negative associations lobbying has and the reasons why most nonprofits don’t use it—but should.

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How to Start and Grow a Social Enterprise
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Listen to Regina Ridley, publishing director of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, moderate a lively panel discussion with local social entrepreneurs.

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A Wild Ride: Creating a New Online Giving Marketplace
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Listen to Premal Shah, Kiva’s president, discuss the creation of online giving markets and how the power of online communities can strengthen the world of microcredit.

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Carol Larson: The Foundation CEO’s Perspective on Evaluation
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Carol Larson, the CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, discusses the importance of evaluation from a foundation perspective.

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Maggie Neale: Negotiation and the Psychology of the Deal

Professor Margaret Neale explores many of the beliefs that surround negotiation “best practices” in an attempt to distinguish the reality from wishful (or wrong-headed) thinking.

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Bob Sutton: The No Asshole Rule

Professor Robert Sutton talks about the main ideas from his new best-selling book The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t.

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Heather McLeod Grant: What Makes Great Nonprofits Great?
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Heather McLeod Grant shares some of the groundbreaking research explored in her co-authored book Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits.

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Chip Heath: Missions that Really Inspire

In this provocative session from the 2nd annual Nonprofit Management Institute, Chip Heath, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, discusses ways to craft a mission statement that inspires people and helps them make important decisions.

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Venture Models: Past and Future - Katherine Fulton, President, Monitor Institute
44:48 minutes
[Free!]

Keynote speaker Katherine Fulton looks back over a decade of rapid change in the field of philanthropy, and challenges foundations to find the new sweet spots that will enable them to deliver social change in an ever-changing world. From the 2007 event Finding Philanthropy’s New Sweet Spot.

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Venture Models: Past and Future - Matthew Bishop, The Economist
12:49 minutes
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Matthew Bishop looks at the industrial revolution taking place in philanthropy and reacts to Katherine Fulton’s remarks about the past and future of philanthropy. From the 2007 event Finding Philanthropy’s New Sweet Spot.

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Venture Models: Past and Future - Clara Miller, President and CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund
15:14 minutes
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Clara Miller shares her views on the limitations of venture philanthropy today and reacts to Katherine Fulton’s remarks about the past and future of philanthropy. From the 2007 event Finding Philanthropy’s New Sweet Spot.

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Venture Models: Past and Future - Kim Smith, Co-Founder, NewSchools Venture Fund
12:34 minutes
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Kim Smith shares her organization’s approach to delivering impact and comments on Katherine Fulton’s remarks on the past and future of philanthropy. From the 2007 event Finding Philanthropy’s New Sweet Spot.

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Past SSIR Events

SSIR Live! Webinar Series (pay-per-view)
Click to access past webinars on the most provocative and important topics that appear in SSIR.

Nonprofit Management Institutes, 2006-2009
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Social Entrepreneurship Day 2009
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Online Giving Marketplaces: Changing the Face of Philanthropy
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SSIR Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary and Launch of New Design
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Good Measures: New Approaches to Evaluation
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Social Entrepreneurship Day 2008
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