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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SSIR Picks

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

Microfinance USA
June 7-10
Monterey, CA

Sustainable Brands ‘10
June 16
San Francisco, CA

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 Psychology of Giving
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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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Social Entrepreneurship Day 2009

A photo gallery of the third annual Social Entrepreneurship Day panel on the Stanford University campus.

More than 200 people gathered at this standing-room-only event, which featured a lively discussion on ways to start and grow a social enterprise. 

Click here to hear an audio recording of the panel discission, moderated by Regina Starr Ridley, SSIR‘s publishing director.

Panel

On Sunday, February 22, Regina Ridley, publishing director of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, moderated a lively panel discussion with local social entrepreneurs at an event sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation. Panelists included (from left to right) Chuck Slaughter, founder and president of LivingGoods; Morgan Simon, cofounder and executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition; and Jane Leu, founder and executive director of Upwardly Global.

Magazine readers

The standing-room-only event was held on Stanford’s campus. Here, members of the audience read the latest issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Standing room only

The crowd listens as these social entrepreneurs tell their stories.

Jane Leu

Jane Leu discusses the start and evolution of her nonprofit, Upwardly Global.

Chuck Slaughter

Chuck Slaughter, founder of LivingGoods, talks about the nonprofit’s growth.

SSIR

The Social Entrepreneurship Day panel was put on by the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Issues

The latest issue of the award-winning Stanford Social Innovation Review was available at the event.

E-week

Social Entrepreneurship Day 2009 was part of the third annual Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford University.

E-week Welcome

E-week lasted from February 18-25 and was hosted by the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network (SEN), a federation of entrepreneurship-related organizations across Stanford University, and sponsored by Deloitte.

Regina and Chuck

Regina Ridley closes by asking each of the panelists their opinions on the economy’s effect on new social ventures.

Audience

The audience spills into an adjoining room.

Regina Ridley

After the event, enthusiastic audience members stay to ask questions of the panelists. Here, Regina Ridley engages two students in a discussion on social innovation.