Why Open Contests Work
A look at how competitions like those at the Knight Foundation serve the social entrepreneur community.
Solutions - Articles
Design for Purpose, Execute for Profit
Part 1 of 3: The genesis of Song Investment Advisors and its governing theory.
In Search of Respectful Debate
Reasonable, open, and credible debate is missing across government, business, and civil society—how can we bring it back?
Dump the Stupid Prizes, Multiply the Rest
Why we need more social enterprise competitions.
The Five Stages of Social Innovation at Scale
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.
What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?
We need to broaden philanthropy’s view of social sciences.
Scale = Partnership
Lessons from a new study by the Ashoka Globalizer Program.
Facebook’s Shared Value Status: It’s Complicated
Facebook and Google may be the new poster children for shared value, but is Internet access a critical social issue?
Impact Investing: From Headlines to Fundamentals
A new report aims to strengthen the impact investing industry.
Dump the Prizes
Contests, challenges, awards—they do more harm than good. Let’s get rid of them.