Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools. This values integration was not left to chance.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

First, management needs to see and understand workers as a key resource whose productivity should be augmented, whose information should be improved, and whose training should be a priority. A new philosophy prioritizing long-term productivity growth may yet emerge, which management and workers can work together to achieve.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action. Generate groundbreaking findings on fundraising, volunteers, equity, and management. A Key to New Insights and Practices. Barriers to Potential.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Thirty people attended, including managers and members of an academic gender committee we were on. The majority of these students are women and the first in their families to access higher education.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

In retrospect, we can see with a borderless threat like COVID-19, collaboration was stymied across and within countries: Lacking clearly defined and owned targets, country responses often failed to meaningfully engage civil society. We must do better, or humanity will be vulnerable to future pandemics and other borderless threats.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

Together, they address barriers to safe and healthy diets through capacity building, strategic collaborations, and advocacy for increased resources, improved policies, and better government accountability. Across Africa, Guzakuza connects and supports women facing food system challenges.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Even the US and UK have shown that immigration politics can be separated from workforce development, and seek to expand programs for well-managed migration to address labor needs in some key sectors. Meanwhile, countries on the “sending” side are positioning themselves to seek greater access to foreign labor markets.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Alt Headline: Thoughts on Non-public digital infrastructure for civil society. A lot of giving happens on software from Facebook or GoFundMe, nonprofits use a variety of corporate systems for managing their donations, and people use Venmo/Paypal etc. to move money between people and events. Thoughts?

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

They might take the shape of a declared commitment to building capabilities of funded partners, a statement of the intent to partner and support locally led organizations, or simply a set of beliefs that govern ways of collaborating. Ultimately partnerships are human relationships, and entities need to expect missteps.

Collaborations 115

Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the case of poorer communities, there is a large gap in the formal education of entrepreneurs, whose schooling is usually of inferior quality and more limited overall, with business management concepts and knowledge also less accessible. ANIP offers entrepreneurial education courses and training in management.

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 128

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Shaista Keating and Chloe Mankin The rapid evolution and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) offer both opportunities and challenges to civil society, particularly concerning responsible and ethical usage. Chloe Mankin is program management specialist at TechSoup.

Civil Society 105

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics Public and Nonprofit Management 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern.

Civil Society 128

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review ’s 2022 Nonprofit Management Institute (NMI) will focus on opportunities to bridge the divides that exist in society. The conference will explore the role of civil society organizations in finding common ground, ways to facilitate collaboration, combatting disinformation, and other topics.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. The Garfield Foundation offers a different example of how networks with capacity achieve systems change that evades individual groups.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 11, 2024

They warn that strategic philanthropy is dangerous because “it diverts attention from fundamental reforms less palatable to wealthy donors and from the fact that government and corporate behavior are responsible for the ills of society.” We know of no foundation—even the largest—that thinks it replaces government.

Philanthropy 129

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Governance 129

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Drawing on worker interviews, public documents and, where possible, discussions with company leaders, Fairwork grades platform corporations according to five metrics: fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management and fair representation. are reportedly terminated from the platform.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Law Civil Society Governance 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 28, 2023

For example, New York City created the innovative concept of a Voluntary Local Review (VLR), based on the Voluntary National Reviews that nations submit to the UN, in which local and regional governments adopt and track their progress toward the SDGs.

Collaborations 105

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

For example, think of a nurse manager or a teacher who no longer needs to devote 40% of their time to jockeying a schedule or designing slides and worksheets. This means that many administrative and analytical tasks like note-taking, scheduling, data reconciliation, and summarization will be reduced dramatically.

Curriculum and Teaching 122

Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Technology Civil Society 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Any non-mandated break, including going to the bathroom, is counted as “time off task,” which is also tracked by managers. While innovations like these are typically couched as a means of building a better, more efficient workplace, this level of technological creep threatens to turn workplace management into employee servitude.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Non-Profits 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

By Lina Srivastava The aftermath of the OpenAI governance controversy revealed the extent to which power has been consolidated by AI tech giants, a situation with dangerous implications for critical aspects of society. To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators.

Governance 142

Governance Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

We see signals of such a redefinition in the One Health paradigm in management of zoonotic disease, which recognizes that the interconnections between human, animal, and environmental health, viewing each as part of a larger whole. Securing the Future What might the decades ahead look like if we do all these things soon and well?

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. The provincial government agreed to help underwrite worker salaries. The governance model for solidarity co-ops is a multi-stakeholder approach.

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management Health 113

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Consider Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (and leader of Bangladesh’s interim government ), who brought the idea for lending to the poor to mainstream banks in the early 1980s.The banks challenged Yunus to prove it could work, and he did —first in one town, then five. Why Employee Ownership So, what is employee ownership?

Public and Social Policy 138

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Finance Non-Profits 138

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The same year, an Australian court ruled its government had illegally used a faulty Automated Decision Making system as the basis for deciding citizens’ eligibility for various welfare benefits when around half a million Australians were ordered to repay years of government disability or unemployment support.

Public and Social Policy 143

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Technology 143

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

So, Beautiful Solutions was, right from the beginning, designed to be learning from anywhere in the world where people were growing democratic economies and governance. RP: A big one for this moment is how to relate to government and state power. We are trying to shift the values at the heart of how we do economy and governance.

Governance 70

Governance Education Education Values 70

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

A report issued by the Atlantic Economic Council in February 2024 says the company can survive the net-zero transition, but only with government aid. The moratorium was partially lifted in 2019 by what was then a new provincial government. The company that owns the refinery, Irving Oil, is facing a precarious future.

Energy 109

Energy Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society 109

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Did you know that a handful of billionaires and asset managers have been buying up local newspapers, magazines, and TV stations? Access to news is key to an engaged civil society, and without it, social worlds shrink and become suffused with disinformation and bias.

Public and Nonprofit Management 136

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Foundations 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. The platform model we see everywhere adopts algorithmic controls to manage workers —from hiring, scheduling, and matching to performance assessment and termination.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 145

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Ethics Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. A Government of National Unity As a response to the dwindling support, the ANC agreed to form a coalition government.

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 95

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The same goes for skills related to group decision-making, managing internal conflict, or holding one another accountable—the most basic democratic practices. This in turn has enabled a “philanthropic” colonization of the civil society within which people-based politics and social movements had been rooted.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Universities Civil Society Governance 103

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Maybe you relied on your database manager, digital fundraising specialist, or volunteer coordinator. Let’s get specific: 3 more strategies + 6 new tips to boost generosity In the past, you may have considered some of these strategies someone else’s job. You can no longer ignore or “back burner” them. Why is this important?

Civil Society 114

Civil Society Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Remote monitoring tools make it easier for people to manage chronic conditions from their homes. Partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society are essential to creating an ecosystem where innovation aligns with the broader goal of health equity.

Health 97

Health Technology Healthcare Civil Society 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These business models rebalance economic (and often governance) rights away from outside investors to other stakeholders, such as workers and producers who drive value creation in the business. Similar efforts to advance these ideas continue today driven by individual enterprises, philanthropy, and government.

Governance 71

Governance Public and Social Policy Production Finance 71

Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2024

democratic institutions tie voting systems and political power to fixed districts, managing highly mobile populations with rapidly shifting needs is challenging. Climate change and extreme weather events create fundamental challenges to how society is organized and governed.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Governance Philanthropy Energy 98