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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? To drive impact and build trust, provide clear guidelines based on normative principles to evaluate social entrepreneurship.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lindsay Nichols

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Nichols is the senior director of marketing and communications for GuideStar , a nonprofit that powers philanthropy and is widely considered the leading source of nonprofit information.

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Book Review: The Future of Nonprofits

Selfish Giving

This book examines how the future of innovation, internal entrepreneurship, fundraising and social media communications that will radically change nonprofits in five years. The authors offer a number of great resources in Chapter 5 to break the bubble in which many nonprofits exist and to encourage competitive collaboration.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

Panels on wealth, health, policy, career pivots, collaboration, and entrepreneurship were part of the day, including awards for Changemaker, Leading Company Award, Leading Advocate Award, and Leading Man Award. The recent 2024 Power Up Conference and Concert with the theme, Together We Lead was held in Washington, D.C.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A Call for Entrepreneurship Many entrepreneurs choose health care as a venue for innovation because it is one of the sectors where one can do well by doing good. However, the majority of entrepreneurship in the health sector has focused on downstream interventions such as therapeutics and health delivery solutions.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

, was mindful of these shifts and challenges in 2015, when the Rwandan government asked us to help reform the school subject of entrepreneurship. The study of entrepreneurship is mandatory at the upper secondary level—the last three years before students go on to tertiary education or work—across the country’s schools.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Either we rely on grant and donor funding, or must continually justify to investors and the public that our entrepreneurship is relevant to solving some of the most pressing issues of our time. Let’s bring together entrepreneurs with promising solutions, give them a few million dollars, and encourage them to work collaboratively.