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Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
- Collective Impact, Corporate/CSR, Economic Development, Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of…
On Students and Dreams
January 21, 2011The 111th Congress ended 2010 with one of the most highly productive lame-duck sessions. However, one bill Congress was not able to pass was the DREAM ACT, ef…
The Fight Against Noncommunicable Diseases Gains Momentum
January 19, 2011Last week I attended a new effort spearheaded by the Global Health Council (GHC) to address the growing challenge of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). At its Wa…
Talking Heads or Turning Heads: Collective Impact in Massachusetts?
January 17, 2011A headline in last week’s Boston Globe caught my eye: “Gathering of Captains to Ponder Civic Woes.” The story describes how 50 or so business, civic, and polit…
New York City Schools and Performance Management
January 11, 2011After more than eight years, New York schools chancellor Joel Klein recently resigned. Since the announcement, much debate has taken place about the impact he …
Water, Sanitation, and Sustainability
January 10, 2011Do you know that more people have access to a cell phone than a toilet?
It is a Happier New Year
January 10, 2011If you are like me, there is a certain amount of depression that comes after the holiday season - its back to life as usual. What I miss most is the heightened…
Leveling Up: Socially Responsible Digital Media
January 10, 2011This week, with business news abuzz about the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, The Wall Street Journal reported that video game company Nintendo is on the defen…
Redefining Value Chain Productivity in Africa
January 5, 2011Business Action for Africa recently released its 2010 Report on the role of business in meeting Africa’s development challenges.
Biotech and Global Health
January 3, 2011The scarcity of R&D for the developing world is not a new problem. It has been 50 years since we had a new TB drug – because the issue has been addressed in th…
Shared Value & Corporate Reputation
December 23, 2010Today, the BBC News website posted several short vignettes about companies who’ve had a pretty tough year in reputational terms.