The Adoption of Innovation
How do innovations move from the edges to the core of what an organization does? For maximum impact, innovations must cease to be innovative and become institutionalized and normalized.
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The Upside of Nonprofit Burnout
Two years ago I quit my nonprofit CEO job. I’ve just had the two most productive years of my career.
Ukrainian Civil Society Needs Your Support — And Also Your Trust
Since the first days of the war, Ukrainians have responded with the expertise, creativity, and flexibility necessary to meet the needs of their neighbors rapidly and efficiently.
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When It Becomes Impossible to Look Away
What drives social change leaders to dedicate their lives to problems larger than themselves? What motivates them to make sacrifices that others are not willing to make?
The Hard Virtues of ‘Soft’ Program Measurement
New evidence shows that the very act of giving feedback on nonprofit programs can predict participant outcomes.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.