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Socially Responsible Business

Collapse of an Iconic Social Enterprise

The ShoreBank saga provides important lessons for people who believe that for-profit institutions can be used for social change.

By Eric Nee | Aug. 18, 2011
 

Foundations

Focusing on Advocacy

By Sushma Raman | 1 | Aug. 16, 2011
 

Health

Undisclosed Pharma Contributions

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Aug. 16, 2011
 
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Civil Society

Taking Exception to Exceptionalism

We need to shift the narrative to include the link between exceptional solutions and the systems change and scale needed to deliver a just baseline.

By Eric Friedenwald-Fishman | 4 | Jul. 26, 2011
 

Individual Giving

Talking to Elephants

Appeals to caring for the needy are likely to backfire unless advocates acknowledge and avoid inflaming passions that stem from other powerful moral values.

By Peter Manzo | 2 | Jun. 7, 2011
 

Foundations

The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy

By Steven Teles & Mark Schmitt | 4 | May. 18, 2011
 
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Foundations

Community Foundation Speaks Out Against Government Funding Cuts to Nonprofits

One foundation leader is demonstrating what a community foundation can do to defend nonprofits in their area from state budget cuts.

By Perla Ni | 3 | May. 17, 2011
 
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Government

2012 Budget May Reflect President Obama’s Attempt to Reconcile His Nonprofit Sector History

The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.

By John Brothers | 3 | Feb. 18, 2011
 
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Nonprofits

Back to the Future: Will We See a New Generation of Nonprofit Organizations in 2011?

There are new leaders coming into the nonprofit sector with ideas that have the potential to change the way social change happens. It’s time to ask some new questions.

By Rosetta Thurman | 1 | Jan. 19, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Anne Sherman is the Associate Director at TCC Group.

Nonprofit Management

Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?

Earlier this month I had the privilege of learning from four really smart and experienced people who participated in a panel discussion that TCC Group, a global management consulting firm.

By Anne Sherman | 3 | Jan. 6, 2011