Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 11, 2024

While the states economy is ranked number 4 in the nation by US News and World Report , the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration reported a public sector vacancy rate of 23 percent via the Denver Post , with 7,500 state government positions open as of July 19, 2023.

Culture 77

Culture Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 77

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

What little optimism remains to tackle such complex challenges is mostly placed in supranational schemes, such as the COP climate change conferences, or transformational national policy, such as the Green New Deal in the US. ” Scaling up social innovation takes time, but there are also varying ways it can be done.

Civil Society 111

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

But by “weaponizing” this technology, we’ve made it much harder to regulate, as it has undoubtedly led to policies aimed at stockpiling resources to achieve national supremacy over the tech. In fact, many of the ideas around what AI can achieve has been influenced by the notion that it’s as powerful as a nuclear weapon.

Collaborations 97

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Throughout my 35-year career as an optometrist turned social entrepreneur, I have practiced continual self-renewal in pursuit of a world where equitable access to eyeglasses is universal, especially for the poorest and most remote communities. Compassionate capitalism and public-private partnerships held the key to jumpstarting our impact.

Public and Social Policy 134

Public and Social Policy Health Energy Leadership 134

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In recent years, social justice leaders have consistently called for a systems change approach to redressing the root causes of social problems, rather than only mitigating their symptoms. After all, social justice is by nature utopian. Public awareness: to change the perception of a group at a societal or cultural level.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Education Education 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The CLIMA Fund , a collaboration across four public foundations supporting tens of thousands of grassroots groups advancing climate justice solutions, has learned a lot about the diverse and powerful ways grassroots movements create scaled impact. Relationships. Relationships and connectivity are the lifeblood of movement building.

Agriculture 125

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Energy Governance 125

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Imagine your outrage if you were a public school teacher and your pension fund invested in a company that supported and lobbied for vouchers and charter schools. Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Public employee pension funds in the United States have $5.99 Pension Funds: Whose Capital? Our Capital!

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Finance 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Retrofitting all the windows in your office to save energy, for example, or switching company vehicles to electric, as a model for your industry and the world. Then take the remaining time and energy and publish an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal about the need to pass climate legislation in the Senate. ”) It must be addressed.

Public and Social Policy 114

Public and Social Policy Energy Public and Nonprofit Management Environmental 114

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Second, California’s energy laws and business models are rooted in injustice. These two major problems are perfectly illustrated in the passage of Net Energy Metering 3.0, This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 90

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

Finance 126

Finance Public and Social Policy Environmental Food 126

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

Why Economics is your friend as a nonprofit advocate By Kevin Dean, President & CEO Tennessee Nonprofit Network Last year, at a conference out of town, I shared coffee with an old friend as she recounted her incredible public policy journey. Nonprofits excel at highlighting the human cost of social issues.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Homelessness 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Following the retirement of a long-standing CEO, I assumed the top job for a sprawling organization with a rich history, commitment to enabling social change agents, and an opportunity to leave a mark on our work and city. Our nation and Baltimore were thrust into a public reckoning on racial injustice and systemic inequality.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Energy 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

used social media to amplify their message, and in response to the increasingly alarming Syrian refugee crisis in September 2015 mobilized 10,000 people in Sydney and 15,000 people in Melbourne in support of increasing Australia’s refugee quota. Building on this capacity for “ snap rallies , ” GetUp! However, GetUp!

Public and Social Policy 121

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 121

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Image Credit: Yassine Khalfalli on unsplash.com This is the sixth article from A Green New Deal on the Ground , a series produced with Climate and Community Project, a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate and inequality nexus.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Environmental Health Economic Issues 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

Image Credit: PeopleImages on iStock What does impact investingthat is, investing with social benefit in minddemand of investors? Many in the field have long held it demands virtually nothing, that an investor can have a social impact without sacrificing a penny of their own.

Public and Social Policy 86

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 86

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Three big social changes would be necessary for such a path, and each one of them is a tall order. These three social changes are possible, even if very unlikely to happen without a coordinated effort. It is crucial, however, that the renewed energy of organized labor is channeled in the right way.

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 137

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Water Alliance is changing that question to, “How can utilities, communities, and policy makers work together to create an environment in which shutoffs for low-income families are not necessary?”. Guided by the alliance, the teams gathered data that would inform policy changes for water utilities. For García, this was troubling.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 29, 2024

Fast Forward’s research of how APNs are using AI to fight climate change found a vast range of use cases, including decarbonizing supply chains, tracking pollution, predicting disasters, optimizing sustainable farming practices, protecting biodiversity, and equipping policy makers with better data.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Law Environmental 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 31, 2023

It inspired them as they marched and protested as part of the Black Lives Matter movement; it inspired them as they engaged in nonpartisan campaigns to change state and local policies; and it inspired them as they worked to get out the vote.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Poverty 96

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 13, 2023

However, decarbonizing puts a significant portion of LA’s already vulnerable renter community at risk as it can impact housing affordability and increase energy burdens. With nearly two million renters, half of which are rent burdened, meaning they spend most of their income on housing and energy costs and cannot afford to pay higher rents.

Public and Social Policy 76

Public and Social Policy Energy Non-Profits Law 76

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 118

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Breath and brotherhood are enormously important to the work of the collective of socially engaged artist-activists that I cofounded several years ago. Others wrongly believe that bisexuals enjoy all the same social privileges and advantages that straight people have. I was suffocating. Creating space to breathe freely.

Race and Ethnicity 125

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Culture Philanthropy 125

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Vital Energies. In Ayurveda, one of the world’s oldest healing systems, the word doshas refers to the vital energies that animate life. These energies consist of specific combinations of the five basic elements: space, wind, fire, water, and earth. Vata is the energy of movement, made of wind and space. I’m a hothead.

Energy 117

Energy Culture Public and Social Policy Food 117

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Policy gains have been significant, especially at the state level. Nonprofit advisors and employee ownership advocates often feel the need to tout and promote each transaction they work on—to gin up interest among funders, policymakers, and the public. New investment funds to support transitions to employee ownership have formed.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 102

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The stories range from the role of public libraries in climate justice to how the climate crisis is changing mental healthcare—and that’s to name a few. Please consider making a donation to NPQ today to help us continue to publish thought-provoking content that promotes civic engagement and social justice.

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Healthcare Environmental Energy 67

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. There’s also the kind of “emotional labor” involved in courting individual donors.

Public and Social Policy 100

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 100

Getting Attention

JANUARY 25, 2013

Editor/Publications Manager , Migration Policy Institute (Washington DC). Public Affairs Manager , Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL). Social Media Intern , JBFCS (New York, NY). Vice President of Communications , Solar Energy Industries Association (Washington DC). RECENT OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Social Policy 69

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Marketing 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

By Dai Ellis & Oliver Sabot Snatched from the jaws of defeat, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will hasten the transition of key markets—for energy, vehicles, cement, and more—toward “greener” technologies. The policy-setting, financial, and regulatory powers of governments will be absolutely critical.

Finance 103

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 103

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web.

Public and Social Policy 140

Public and Social Policy Nonprofits Food Environmental 140

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 30, 2023

Aruta & Kelly Davis A convergence is happening between the climate and mental health movements, and social impact practitioners need to pay attention. Yet, all individuals in social impact face a similar challenge, whether addressing things like housing, health care, or poverty. By Lian Zeitz , John Jamir Benzon R.

Health 101

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Culture 101

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To combat this crisis, governments and international bodies have turned to diverse policy frameworks for biodiversity preservation at national, regional, and global levels. These policies hold a clear expectation for global corporations to engage in and promote biodiversity conservation and restoration.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s not just digital news nonprofits that benefit from their giving; the Waltons also give to legacy newspapers, websites, magazines, radio stations, and trade journals covering such subjects as agriculture, water policy, fisheries, conservation, and climate. There’s more. It’s beyond problematic. Nothing actually sort of pisses me off more.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 120

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 16, 2023

And it´s not happenstance who lives in these communities; it’s often the result of structural racism and economic forces like gentrification and displacement that drives those with fewer resources into places with less social and physical infrastructure to support better health.

Health 77

Health Public and Social Policy Energy Collaborations 77

Getting Attention

JANUARY 4, 2013

Communications Project Manager , Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc. Health Policy Technical Writer/Editor , Futures Group (Washington, D.C.). Marketing Account Manager for Rural Teen Campaign , Rescue Social Change Group (telecommute within VT). Senior-Level Writer , AAAS Office of Public Programs (Washington, D.C).

Public and Social Policy 71

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing 71

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

3 Built on the Sesan River, the dam was part of the Chinese government’s “Belt and Road Initiative,” which sought to expand its “foreign policy interests.” 4 The Cambodian government’s stated aim is for the dam to provide enough energy to stop power outages and further develop the country. 2 (Spring 1998): 417–28.

Environmental 91

Environmental Race and Ethnicity Construction Nonprofit governance and management 91

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MAY 24, 2012

The behavioral economists behind the favorite book Nudge are advising UK policymakers (and the Obama administration) on how to use insights into how people think to advance public policy. Here’s what The Economist says: A set of trials in Britain focused on energy efficiency. This had almost no effect. Maybe you should.

Public and Social Policy 67

Public and Social Policy Non-Profits Energy Public Policy 67

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 18, 2024

A sense of urgency to address large social problems—and frustration with the fragmentation of philanthropic giving broadly—has pushed many of these funders to explore new ways of validating and amplifying their giving strategy. Funding the last mile. One is that it may divert funding away from other important areas.

Fundraising 99

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