Stanford Social Innovation Review

In this audio lecture, Heather McLeod Grant explores how to use collaborative practices and networked approaches to further social impact.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.