The world of social innovation is a quickly evolving one. Because of this, there is a constant stream of gatherings, discussions, articles, books, blogs and more. Below is a suggested starting point of things to explore in the world of social innovation. This is by no means an exhaustive list and will be added to, through your comments and suggestions, among other things, over time. To that end, let us know what we’re missing.

Organizations Moving Social Innovation Forward

Funders

• 130 Ways to Fund Your Social Venture
• Center for Effective Philanthropy
• Dell Social Innovation Competition
• Echoing Green
• New Profit
• Nonprofit Finance Fund
• Public-Philanthropic Partnerships at the Council on Foundations
• Robert Wood Johnson’s Pioneer Portfolio
• Sea Change Capital
• Venture Philanthropy Partners

Incubators/Accelerators

• Unreasonable Institute
• William James Foundation

Educational Institutions

• Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship
• Center for Social Innovation
• Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise – Harvard Business School

Conferences

• Accelerating Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Austerity
• Bottom Billions Bottom Line
• CityWorks (X)po
• Clinton Global Initiative
• Global Social Venture Competition
• Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference
• Harvard Social Enterprise Conference
• Investors’ Circle (Accredited Investors Only)
• Net Change Week
• Net Impact Conference
• NextGen: Charity
• The Nonprofit Management Institute (by Stanford Social Innovation Review)
• Nonprofit Technology Conference
• NYU Social Innovation Symposium
• Opportunity Collaboration
• ReVisioning Value
• Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
• Slow Money
• SOCAP Europe
• Social Capital Markets Conference
• Social Enterprise Summit
• Social Enterprise World Forum
• Social Entrepreneurship Education Consortium
• Social Good Summit
• Social Impact Exchange
• Social Innovation Summit
• Social Venture Capital / Social Enterprise (Miami)
• Social Venture Network Conference
• Social Venture Partners International Annual Conference
• Sustainatopia
• The Feast
• UST Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship
• William James Foundation Gathering
• Yale Philanthropy Conference

Philanthropic Thought Leaders

• Blue Print Research and Design
• The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

Reports

• Urban Institute Nonprofit Sector Reports

Things to Read

Blogs

• UnSectored
• SSIR Opinion Blog: Social Entrepreneurship
• SSIR Opinion Blog: Nonprofit Management
• SocialEarth
• PhilanTopic
• Philanthropy 2173
• NFF's Social Currency Blog
• New Philanthropy Capital's Blog
• Money and Mission
• GuideStar: Bob Ottenhoff Blog
• Full Contact Philanthropy
• Dowser
• Deep Social Impact
• Dan Pallotta: Harvard Business Review
• Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits are Using Social Media to Power Change
• Against the Grain
• About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs
• A Smart Bear: Startups & Marketing for Geeks

Financing Impact

• Beyond Fundraising
• Nonprofit Growth Capital, Building is not Buying
• The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle
• Social Impact Bond Initiative
• Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements

Using Social Media

• The Dragonfly Effect
• The Networked Nonprofit

Being Strategic

• Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
• Creating Public Value
• Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
• Good to Great
• Good to Great and the Social Sector
• Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity
• Strategic Management of Charter Schools

Finding Inspiration

• Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed
• How to Change the World
• Making Good: the Book
• One Day, All Children…: The Unlikely Triumph Of Teach For America And What I Learned Along The Way
• The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
• The Social Innovation Dynamic
• Work on Purpose

Growing Solutions

• Franchise Organizations
• Scaling Social Impact: Strategies for Spreading Social Innovations. Stanford Social Innovation Review
• The Five Meanings of Scale
• The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox

Leading Well

• Leadership Without Easy Answers
• Real Change Leaders

What Are We Missing?

We are constantly adding to this list of resources. Let us know what your favorite social innovation resources are, and we’ll add them to the list: