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Merging Wisely

With the economy in turmoil, funders are increasingly pressuring nonprofits to merge. Yet mergers are not always the right path for nonprofits in financial distress. For a healthier nonprofit sector, funders should consider a wider variety of partnership ...

(essay/opinion, webpage, 2010)

Human-Centered Design Toolkit

Human-Centered Design is a process used for decades to create new solutions for companies and organizations. This process has been specially-adapted for social enterprises that work with people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Human-Centered Design ...

(toolkit/manual, document (pdf), 2009)

AccountAbility Principles Standard 2008

The AA1000APS 2008 provides an organisation with an internationally accepted set of principles to frame and structure the way in which they understand, govern, administer, implement, evaluate and communicate their accountability. It is primarily intended ...

(tips/guidelines, document (pdf), 2008)

Industree Craft Case Study: A Case Study in Social Enterprise Development using the Four Lenses Approach

Using the Four Lenses Strategic Framework , this case study highlights Industree Craft’s many notable strengths, while also illustrating potential implications of Industree’s hybrid structure and its impending scale-up process, the challenges that lie ...

(case/model, document (pdf), 2009)

South Africa: The Play Pump (Turning water into child's play)

In rural villages across South Africa, some 5 million people don't have access to clean drinking water. ...

(caselet/profile, video, 2005)

Dealing with Conflict

This tip sheet outlines five common ways of dealing with conflict in the workplace: avoidance, accommodation, compromise, competition, and collaboration. It outlines the pros and cons of each approach and the best situations to use different methods of ...

(tips/guidelines, document (pdf), 2012)

Logic Model Example: Substance Abuse Advisory Board

This logic model was created to communicate the purpose and function of a county-designated substance abuse advisory board in a small, rural county in Washington State. The process of designing this document and the final output (the logic model) helped ...

(template/sample, document (doc/odt), 2012)

Team Covenant: A Strategy for Improving Team Culture

This Team Covenant was designed by a diverse team charged with providing comprehensive mental health services to youth and families. The team was made up of professionals, family members, youth, clients, and managers and had a history of strained dynamics. ...

(template/sample, document (pdf), 2012)

How & Why to Make the Shift from Dialogue to Collaboration with NGOs

This article discusses the need for and ways in which sustainable businesses and social enterprises can work to effectively partner with nonprofit organizations. Author Jeff Erikson contends that "moving from exchanging to collaborating requires ...

(essay/opinion, webpage, 2012)

Volunteer Assignment Planning & Review Summary

The purpose of this form is to facilitate the joint planning and reviewing of a placement by the volunteer and school, learning of both volunteer and school, and to ensure that each party's objectives are met. The form allows for the volunteer to ...

(template/sample, document (doc/odt), 2012)

Prizes With an Eye Toward the Future

Tina Rosenberg explores how prizes have been used throughout history to accelerate innovation. She also highlights examples of how they are being rediscovered today. ...

(essay/opinion, webpage, 2012)

Innovation for the People, by the People

This Fixes column focuses on prizes and challenges as catalysts for innovation. David Bornstein takes a look at examples from the federal government’s open innovation strategies. ...

(essay/opinion, webpage, 2012)

Beyond SATs, Finding Success in Numbers

By looking beyond SAT scores, and creating groups of students to attend college together, the Posse Foundation is changing the way some universities define success. ...

(case/model, webpage, 2012)

Soap Operas With a Social Message

In countries around the world, T.V. serials are being used to deliver important social messages to millions of viewers. This article discusses the potential impact of soap operas with a social message and provides examples from around the world. ...

(webpage, 2012)

The B Impact Assessment

The B Impact Assessment is a useful management tool to: To assess your company's impact on each of its stakeholders and Improve your social and environmental performance using our Tools and Best Practices embedded in the Survey. ...

(toolkit/manual, online tool, 2012)

Using Low-cost Video for Agricultural Development Webinar: Recording and Presentation

This webinar provided participants with an overview of some of the ways that low-cost video is currently being used with farmers to enhance the impact of agricultural development projects. It included experiences from two organizations already effectively ...

(workshop/training, presentation, 2012)

In Search of the Hybrid Ideal

In the first large-scale, quantitative study of nascent social entrepreneurs, researchers from Harvard Business School and Echoing Green examine the rise of hybrid organizations that combine aspects of nonprofits and for-profits and the challenges hybrids ...

(essay/opinion, webpage, 2012)

Populations Experiencing Homelessness: Diverse barriers to employment and how to address them

People experience homelessness for many reasons including financial insecurity, a lack of affordable housing, and difficulty accessing services such as medical care. The risk for homelessness is especially high among certain groups including low-income ...

(research/study, document (pdf), 2012)

Youth Career Development: Market Research by Root Cause

Youth career development is a subfield of workforce development. It serves disengaged youth—young people aged 14-24, who are not actively engaged in education, training, or the workforce. The goal is to help these youth return to school, enroll in ...

(tips/guidelines, webpage, 2012)

Mental Health Statistics: National Institute of Mental Health

Understanding the scope of mental health problems and treatment in the United States is central to NIMH’s mission. Much of what is understood in this area comes from research in the field of epidemiology; the scientific study of patterns of health and ...

(research/study, webpage, 2012)