Praise the Lord, but Dim the Lights

By Suzie Boss 1

The Regeneration Project helps the environmental movement get religion.

Social Innovations

MicroEnergy Credits Corporation: Catalyzing Clean Energy for the BoP

By Grace Augustine 1

Using existing microfinance institutions and recent developments in the carbon credit markets on the supply side to facilitate the adoption of clean energy for the very poor.

Social Innovations

Root Causes vs. Facebook Causes

By Peter Deitz 15

Few social action platforms are currently leveraging the self-organizing potential of social media to address the root causes that make online social activism necessary in the first place.

Podcast

Stephen Friedman, Gene Sperling - America and the Global Economy

Stephen Friedman and Gene Sperling, former policy advisors to the Clinton and Bush administrations, discuss some of the challenges that the next president will face in the coming years. Central to this panel discussion is the role that globalization will play in formulating policies to ensure that the United States remains competitive with the world. Some of these changes will require deft political skill and the mobilization of popular support behind sensitive issues.

Nonprofits

“I’m Not on Earth to Build Pillsbury United”

By Jean Butzen

Management service organizations promise to lower operating costs for individual nonprofits and guarantee each organization’s independence.

Nonprofits

Bully!  The Scourge of Nonprofit Boards, and What to Do About It

By The Nonprofiteer 6

How to handle the nonprofit board ogre.

The Mother Lode

By Laura Gehl

MomsRising is tapping a vast resource to improve the lives of American families.

Podcast

Lynne Patterson - Empowering Women in Latin America

One of the best methods proven to alleviate poverty is microlending to women, who have a great track record for using loans wisely to create small business enterprises that sustain their entire families. Host of the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, Lynne Patterson talks about the creation of Pro Mujer, an international microfinance and women's development network in Latin America. She details the mission, objectives, methods, and progress, illuminating the organization's empowering impact on the lives of its many clients.

Nonprofits

Telling Stories

By Amy Sample-Ward

Telling stories about our organizations and staff helps to create community.

Nonprofits

Nonprofit Silos Choke Off Conversations

By Jeff Brooks

Nonprofits that allow bureaucratic turf to get in the way of listening to and serving donors won’t survive the change in how donors interact with their charities.