Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

Field scans are crucial for providing data about what has been funded and where funding gaps lie.

In the world that's now emerging, pre-modern practices that emphasize personal relationships are returning to prominence.

Read an excerpt from the book.

One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.

One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.

Can open conversations accelerate the spread of good ideas in global development?

Some 200,000 videos have been subtitled in 100 languages, thanks to software that makes translating subtitles easy and relies on multilingual crowds.

A new study highlights the realities of donor behavior and how organizations can redesign their outreach strategies to be more effective.

Kenya is about to become a world leader in mobile microfinance.

Networks, equal access, and read-write products are no longer just core design elements of the Internet; we are making them real.

Catastrophes of the built environment, like the Bangladeshi factory collapse, expose the true cost in public suffering when we fail to build resiliently.

Connecting information, applications, data, and people—a report from the Stanford 2013 Healthcare Innovation Summit.

A cross-sector initiative aims to develop 21st-century skills in secondary school students—highlights from a recent survey.

A case study on using design thinking to solve governance bottlenecks in Jamaica.

Community-focused approaches disrupting the nonprofit sector.

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part four: ten key takeaways.

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part three: Embrace the change.

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part two: Do what you’re already doing, better.

How campaign lessons can amplify your work. In part one: digital tools for nonprofits.

Researchers explore the effects of virtual embodiment among people with Parkinson’s disease.

Ridwan Djamaluddin speaks on how Indonesia is using technology to deal with climate threats and implementing early warning systems to save lives.

Eric Dishman, director of health innovation at Intel, asserts that mobile technologies can create sustainable healthcare for all.

Michael Jones, Google’s chief technology advocate, discusses how connection technologies are now supporting sustainable development.

Media expert Tim O'Reilly provides insight into how innovative technologies can be used to support sustainable development and power the future.

USAID Chief Innovation Officer Maura O'Neill leads a discussion on how connection technologies can support sustainable development.

Katherine Perkins discusses what differentiates Physics Education Technology (PhET), and the range of students that have benefited.

In this Stanford University podcast, president Matthew Schnittman discusses the organization’s model for service delivery, and where it’s headed.

In this audio lecture, Dr. Ann Bartuska of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shares her insight on the necessary steps to sustainably feed the nine billion people that will be living on our planet by 2050.

In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman speaks with one of branchless banking's greatest proponents and the co-founder of Eko India Financial Services, Abhishek Sinha.

In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.

Thanks to rapid advances in computer and communication technologies, it is possible for stakeholders in the nonprofit sector to disclose more, to know more, and to demand more through increased transparency and collaboration. In October, a group of the largest US foundations…

New digital media platforms and social networks have radically democratized the ways people produce, share and consume information, yet our understanding of what it means to be a leader in this new, networked society has not kept pace. Join leaders from the…

A look at the complex landscape of green tech investment, application, and implementation.

How to harness the incredible power of social media to make a difference.

The importance of innovation in the social sector and shares the process and tools of design thinking.

Ways for organizations to get started working wikily.