Stanford Social Innovation Review

Carol Larson, the CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, discusses the importance of evaluation from a foundation perspective. 

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.