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Informing and inspiring leaders of social change. https://t.co/7JG4WQS6cp | https://t.co/TAZzUnLjdy | https://t.co/TYkZT0tzM2
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Joined June 2009
New Issue! Read how #funders can reconfigure power through collectively owned strategies; how the #communitydevelopment field should prioritize #impact over scale; how development professionals should work w/ existing assets of informal economies; and more
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“Democracy is not a self-sustaining system but requires ethical vigilance and determination.” SSIR’s @MarcieBianco writes about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong for the Spring 2020 issue. #HongKongProtests
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Read how the @gatesfoundation has learned to incentivize for-profit entities in pursuit of charitable impact. Connie R. Collingsworth, an architect of the foundation’s Global Access program, shares lessons from these collaborations with SSIR. #globalhealth
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"Nonprofits and philanthropists need to be responsive to community leadership in creating and implementing strategies, rather than simply delivering their own solutions." From @BCBBarnes & @Dorian_Burton:
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Mobilizing fact-checking to curb violence—How @AltNews is fighting misinformation machines in India:
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Innovation gets all the press and prizes. It shouldn’t, writes @mulagostarr. World-changing impact at scale comes from the hard work of high-quality replication:
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New collaborative #philanthropy effort backed by @RockefellerFdn @BillGates @jeffskoll to invest $500 million over next several yrs in #systemschange efforts:
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What skills and abilities do business school students need to become effective social impact leaders? #socent
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High schools should help teens develop a sense of #purpose, not just measure their knowledge
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“No matter how automated our machines are, our collective well-being—prosperity, peace, environment—is our human responsibility.” Hear Johanna Mair in conversation with @drfeifei on what a human-centered approach to AI might look like:
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Social service organizations' communications efforts often ignore the scientific principles of what motivates engagement and behavior change. In our latest cover story, @annieneimand & @aechristiano offer perspective on applying evidence-based strategies:
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A problem with #philanthropy is that it’s “looking for the magic bullet” packaged in proposals from charismatic leaders. Instead, suggests @claybornecarson, find community organizations already producing successful change and “give money without a proposal.” #SSIRInstitute.
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Impact investors use different measurements methods in different phases of the #impinv cycle
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Our spring issue is here! Read about the new practice of public problem solving, the cost of financial precarity, the fight to end cash bail, and so much more:
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Design Thinking + Systems Thinking + Strategic Planning =.Transforming into a More Creative & Impactful Social Sector Leader.#SSIRLive @stanforddschool @NadiaRoumani @ThomasBoth @ericnee
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Storytelling can be a catalyst for #socialchange. By building empathy and promoting positive cultural narratives, activists can turn stories into actions, says @saltsea:
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“We must seize this moment to advance and recognize the promise of disability justice in America.” @AyannaPressley & @RebeccaCokley (@FordFoundation) write for “Centering Disability,” a supplement sponsored by @DisPhilanthropy in SSIR’s Winter 2022 issue.
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@CaroMT @LaylaYarjani @RESCUEorg “Women and other marginalized groups have been told, we will get to your issues later. Once we deal with the larger issues. But this is all encapsulated in the Kurdish slogan, the battle cry for this revolution: Woman, life, freedom!” ~@SepidehMoafim at #SSIRFrontiers
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SSIR’s Fall 2020 issue explores the growth of the B Corp movement, building capacity at nonprofits of color, philanthropy's role in creating a more equitable society, and how the social sector can improve its use of theories of change.
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Tidal transfer of wealth in the next decade to women and millennials who will invest with their values #SOCAP15.
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“We need to ask not what the #nonprofit world can learn from tech but what the tech world should be learning from the nonprofit sector.” —@henrytimms at #SSIRdata
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It's not just a fad—those in the #socialsector are increasingly utilizing #designthinking to tackle societal issues:
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Many "heropreneurs" mistakenly assume the problems they know less about are easier to solve
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A strong #network is not a hub around an organization but a node around a mission —Jane Wei-Skillern #SSIRInstitute
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Our Winter 2019 issue is here! Read about how philanthropy can better support democracy, and so much more:
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While 75% of nonprofits collect data, only 6% feel they are using it effectively. Based on research and #nonprofit surveys, @kkellyjanus offers four strategies for gathering and using #npdata to create impact: #SSIRdata
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“I was really scared to go to the streets and start striking, but I decided [climate change] was something impacting people’s lives, and I had to start striking now.” @vanessa_vash on how her advocacy began. @sentascar reports in SSIR’s Spring 2021 issue.
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Impact investing was originally created to improve lives. What's happened now? #impinv @Oxfam @SumerianPartner
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A theory of change helps ensure that an #org is doing the right things in the right ways. Here's how to develop one:
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“Narrative & culture change in this moment means we need to center & listen to the voices of Native peoples & communities of color.” @CrystalEchoHawk (@_IllumiNatives) suggests ways to speak truth to power & acknowledge the painful story of America’s past.
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Grantmaking Pyramid used by @FordFoundation reframes how #nonprofits should utilize #funds to maximize success
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Four guiding questions to consider: 1. What’s the Meaning? 2. What’s our direction? 3. What do we notice? 4. What’s our solution? #SSIRLive @stanforddschool @NadiaRoumani @ThomasBoth @jeffcmohr @ericnee
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An illustration of the visible and behavioral differences between Systems Thinking vs. Design Thinking. #SSIRLive @stanforddschool @NadiaRoumani @ThomasBoth @jeffcmohr @ericnee
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Our most popular articles in 2017 focused on designing more effective programs, creating impactful funding strategies, building capacity to sustain innovation for the long haul, and more:
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Johnson & Johnson is encouraging employees to work with #nonprofits on six-month assignments away from their jobs: via Lauren Moore.
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The Spring 2020 issue includes essays on collaboration between social innovation leaders and the public sector, development impact bonds, the transformation of global humanitarian relief, and the smart use of evidence in decision-making.
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Charity is commendable, but justice is transformational. A new framework for giving, by @Dorian_Burton & @BCBBarnes
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Philanthropy needs to support more community-driven solutions, not just Ivy League ones, writes @kkellyjanus #socent
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University is not always the answer. We must enable students to redefine the dominant narrative of success
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"Social entrepreneurs are like toothbrushes. We don't want more toothbrushes, we want clean teeth" says @danielapapi
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Is “collective impact” just a buzzword, or does it actually make an impact? A new study suggests the approach can drive real change, write Sarah Stachowiak and Lauren Case of @orsimpact and @SparkPolicy:
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How can stories act as catalysts for social change? Effective storytelling illuminates social problems, builds communities' empathy, and shapes cultural narratives says @saltsea:
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Three components to a successful movement: 1. shared purpose; 2. clear roles; 3. right rewards #SSIRLive
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In partnership with the @SkollCentre: how business school students can become leaders in #socialimpact:
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Public space is a democratizer. @majoracarter on power of real-estate dev in low-status communities #unlikelyallies
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“Are we implementing the principles of systems thinking in ineffective ways?” @ChristianSeelos (@StanfordPACS), @Innovationwoman (@RockefellerFdn) & @alilley_rose (@RTI_Intl) identify pathological behaviors that are incompatible with systems thinking.
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Engaging Employees to Create Sustainable Business, by Paul Polman @Unilever &CB Bhattacharya
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We all want positive outcomes, but just what should count as a "positive outcome"? This series explores the question
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“What would it mean to decolonize philanthropy?” In a series from @SSIReview and @ndncollective, Michael Johnson (@ndncollective) & Angie Chen (@thelibrafound) present solutions to the lack of investment in Indigenous and other minority communities.
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If #philanthropy is serious about cross-sector #collaboration, foundations should invest in bridge builders.
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It’s important to combine design thinking and systems thinking because design thinking helps you find the right answer to your question; systems thinking helps you ensure that you are asking the right question to have the most impact. #SSIRLive @stanforddschool.
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Social enterprise's capacity to deal with major social problems is woefully inadequate, say Marshall Ganz, Tamara Kay & Jason Spicer. Instead, we should be focusing on people, politics, and power:
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Steps necessary to turn #civicengagement from "hobby to habit," by president & director of @SpitfireSays
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How can #philanthropy avoid the white savior complex and give all groups a seat at the table? @VillanuevaEdgar discusses how to use money as medicine against the "colonizer virus:"
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Social Impact Bonds have been praised as the future of #impinv, but do they actually create positive change? @michaeljamesroy, @nmch9, & @sinclair_stevie contend that SIBs treat citizens as commodities and do not deliver on their promises:
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“We must abandon our bias toward quantitative data as the only reliable source of truth in evaluations.” Jana Smith & Sara Flanagan @ideas42 recommend rethinking RCTs and using behavioral science to understand the decision-making to address social problems
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Why social entrepreneurship and innovation education needs to incorporate systems change concepts, and where educators and institutions can begin:
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In the Spring 2021 issue: rural communities' disadvantages in accessing philanthropic resources, neighborhood investment trusts and the racial wealth gap, franchising to scale social-sector solutions & strengthening cities with cross-sector collaboration.
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The Winter 2020 issue includes essays on connecting social causes to personal aspirations, the importance of rebuilding local news, an alternative collaboration framework to collective impact, and slowing down to improve philanthropic work.
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The neglect of faith is leading to civil society's “breakdown," says @KayColesJames of @Heritage:
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“When we exploit, extract, or pollute Indigenous lands, we destroy the critical knowledge and technology that is needed to manage the climate crisis.” @_jadebegay (@ndncollective) writes about decolonization and climate justice.
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"We cannot solve the challenges of the future with the same systems that created them." @ChrisEarney & @akrishnan23 kick off a new series from SSIR & @UNHCRInnovation with insight into making organizations more effective with values-based. #innovation
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Government alone cannot solve all social issues, so public-private partnerships like @WarbyParker & @VisionSpring and @tatcha_v & @RoomtoRead are working to fill the gaps:
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We received quite a few justified complaints about our upcoming webinar on diversity that featured five white speakers. We are taking steps to remedy this now and will announce a new lineup of speakers soon. Thank you all for your honest feedback.
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How the largest for-profit sustainable bank in Europe supports projects that are sustainable and socially beneficial
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Effective learning networks have dedicated coordination, actively gather and disseminate information, and enable information to flow across the field, write David Ehrlichman and David Sawyer of @converge4impact:
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6 elements to help foster continuous #innovation within a #nonprofit org, from @BridgespanGroup & @RockefellerFdn
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In her new book, ‘Solving Public Problems,’ @bethnoveck (@TheGovLab) offers “a concise and participatory set of methods and tools for efficiently expanding our toolkit of solutions by mining the treasure trove of academic and social innovation solutions.”
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Amid many competing demands, university social impact centers may do best by building on existing areas of strength
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Big social problems require system thinking. These two approaches to pursuing system change will help organizations reflect on and master the process:
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"Innovation is a dime a dozen. Scaling innovation is the diamond in the rough. But it doesn’t have to be." @GregoryCoussa discusses eight critical aspects of #scalingimpact:
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Now more than ever, we need a culture of "civic science" in which scientists take active roles as citizens & citizens engage with scientific research. #Philanthropy can help foster this, say Elizabeth G. Christopherson, @scheufele, & @Brookesimler:
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Just because the inputs into an algorithmic program look objective doesn't mean the outputs aren't biased, says @JuliaAngwin #DoGoodData.
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SSIR’s Summer 2020 issue explores how organizational culture can be a tool for change, the rise of the corporate social investor, the implementation of same language subtitling in India, and how to use causal AI to change people's behaviors.
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Nonprofits must understand that achieving social change is "all about their supporters—their journeys, their rhythms, their motivations." Without this deeper knowledge, organizations may see their causes crumble, write @easibey and @joyportella:
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How can NGOs embrace #designthinking? @IDEOorg's @jocelynw & @DIAL_community's @jwishnie discuss @designmattersCA.
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Impact investors should share their #data in order to expand the field, writes @jeancase of @CaseFoundation
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SSIR’s Fall 2021 issue explores how a new approach to social innovation scales effective solutions, how positive externalities can be harnessed for social good, how social capital can be rebuilt, and how philanthropy can help center equity in science.
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The best nonprofits excel in 7 aspects of “strategic leadership”—mission, strategy, impact evaluation, insight +courage, organization +talent, funding, and board governance—write @wfmeehan & @KimJonker in their recent book +article
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Storytelling is the most powerful tool we have for increasing empathy, inspiring action, and furthering #socialchange says @annieneimand. Building on her work with #storyscience, she outlines a framework for effective storytelling:
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How Millennials get involved with & give to social causes—insights from 4-year study http://t.co/rKpaui3aL0
@CaseFoundation @achieve_consult.
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“Countries’ problems have rarely been solved by outsiders interposing themselves and insisting on those countries adopting their models.” @BenAffleck talks about the work of @EasternCongo in a field report by @abbyhiggins in SSIR's Spring 2021 issue.
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A new paradigm playing out across the world isn’t about profit or #nonprofit, but about open or closed: http://t.co/DlNw6We5rd
#socent.
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While #donors say they value nonprofits w/ strong governance, their grants don't match up. More resources should go toward training, strategy development, board capacity-building, & other forms of governance support, says @cat_fay of @perpetual_ltd:
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How #socent organizations can more systematically consider the implications of the environments they work in
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Five principles from social science that will help you connect your work to what people care about most:
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The value of design thinking: discover unmet needs, reframe situations to help you solve problems, looking at problems from different angles, experimenting helps test your ideas. #SSIRLive @stanforddschool @NadiaRoumani @ThomasBoth @ericnee
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Teens are bored, tired, and stressed at school - why don't high schools help them develop their dreams? #education
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How the nature of #designthinking strengthens #collectiveimpact frameworks: http://t.co/Rm8tIBAAgo
@turner_shiloh @DesignImpactOrg.
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