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SSIR Editor in Chief Announces Retirement (Blog)
An announcement and a thank you to the SSIR community.
Cinemas as Second Learning Places in Japan (Blog)
A nonprofit collaboration’s novel approach to addressing truancy and isolation in Japan.
Re-Embracing the Work of Fundraising (Blog)
A professional fundraiser suggests five ways to reverse the decline in charitable giving.
A New Framework for Understanding Power Building (Blog)
Lessons from electoral campaigns that built power for structural change
A Story of Reparations and Healing From New Zealand (Blog)
New Zealand’s reparations for the Māori people are an example the United States can follow in pursuit of racial justice for Black…
Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs (Blog)
If funders want “less talk and more walk” in the field of systems change, it’s time they started funding small, locally led…
Strategy and Power Building (Blog)
What the progressive movement can learn from military strategy
Affirmative Action Decision Is a Call to Double Down on Racial Equity…
The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. But race-informed approaches to policy can still transform our institutions…
From Lion Killers to Lion Savers
An excerpt from Mixed Signals on using incentive to change culture
The United Nations’ Innovation Learning Journey (Blog)
Despite a notoriously innovation-adverse environment in UN organizations overall, a growing body of success stories are changing…
Cross-Boundary Collaborations in Cities: Where to Start (Blog)
How public, for-profit, and civic organizations working to address the same city-wide social challenge can find a common starting…
Spotlight on: Digital Fundraising
As the importance of digital fundraising continues to grow, becoming a key area of focus across the third sector, we explore its…
2023 Summer Social Innovation Reading List (Blog)
Suggested books and articles from SSIR’s editors.
The Ask
An excerpt from Good Influence on harnessing the “Influencer Effect” for impact
Measuring Narrative Change: Moving From Theory to Practice (Blog)
Funders may be reluctant to support narrative work because progress is difficult to evaluate. Are these objections valid?
Local Collaboration Can Drive Global Progress on the SDGs (Blog)
Learning from global peers and using the sustainable development goals as a framework for measuring progress, US cities are…
GOOD for Business
We are awash with opinions on how AI will impact the creative industry, so it’s no surprise that, according to the LIONS State of…
Why Settle for Cookie-Cutter People and Culture Practices? (Blog)
Six ideas that could help organizations improve hiring, performance, equity, and more.
How Men’s Mental Health Resources Can Help Serve All Communities…
One of the toughest challenges for social impact leaders can be reaching people who have been historically stigmatized or…
Approaching Gender Equity Through Indigenous Knowledge and Customs…
A trial program that worked with couples in rural Zimbabwe shows the potential of a locality-based approach.
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