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10 Great Social Innovation Reads: March 2013

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Perhaps it had something to do with the SXSW Interactive conference last month, but March was all about using technology in interesting ways to further social change. From crowdfunding, to a new giving graph, to credit card donations to the homeless, to engaging people in the arts and beyond, people are experimenting with technology for […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: July 2012

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I was out of town for the first half of July (and mostly away from social media), so I’m probably not qualified to give a 10 best list for the month, but I’m still going to try (ha!). As always, please add what I missed (particularly this month) to the comments. To me, July was […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: March 2012

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March, perhaps because it included SXSW Interactive, seemed to be largely about the use of new media to tell social change stories. There are an increasing number of ways and examples of how those working to solve social problems can tell their stories and get people motivated to act, from video, to Pinterest, to infographics, […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: August

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Since I was on vacation for a couple of weeks in August and pretty much unplugged, I’m probably not qualified to list the 10 greatest reads in social innovation for the month of August, but I’m still going to give it a shot. As always, please add what I missed to the comments. You can […]

Where to Learn More About Social Innovation

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Social innovation is still very much a nascent field, but that’s what makes it so exciting. I’ve recently put together a list of organizations, conferences, books, blogs, articles and other resources for people interested in learning more about the world of social innovation. This list exists on the Resources page of our website. This is […]

The Risk of Small Thinking

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Nonprofit leaders sometimes suffer from small, or short-term, thinking. It makes sense that they would. The sector’s funding, structures and standards are set up to encourage, if not reward, small, risk-averse thinking. But small thinking can actually be a bigger risk to an organization and ultimately to the solution it exists to achieve. To really […]