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The United Nations’ Innovation Learning Journey

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The types of individuals joining the UN are usually trained in negotiation, political science, and international relations, where technical know-how and managerial skills are not pronounced. ” This shows the importance of institutionalizing individual knowledge through effective knowledge management. ” Why?

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

NonProfit Quarterly

Robinson, a professor of political science and Black studies. 7 This means that in 2020, the year of the so-called racial reckoning, “one of the largest financial [government] bailouts since the Great Depression” actually served to further the racial wealth gap. It’s a strategic choice made by a set of actors.”

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

We know there’s a deep hunger in movements for an economy that people collectively own and democratically manage. 19 While the need to employ an intersectional lens in movement work is widely acknowledged at a theoretical level, 20 actual movement activity often falls into narrower silos.

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Crucially, this “boundary spanning” activity (to use the term coined by organizational theorist Michael Tushman in 1977) is not just for innovators who have the resources and inclination to approach things differently. To make progress on our most pressing public problems actually requires reaching out across social boundaries.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

Besides doing these webinars, we’re a donor management software provider. And so, again, I am Sabrina Walker Hernandez, and I studied political science and public administration and I obtained a nonprofit management certification from Harvard Business School and for the last 25 years, I’ve worked in a nonprofit industry.

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Webinar: eCampaign 2012 - Killer Tactics to Drive Elections with Online Fundraising And Social Media

Care2

About the presenters: Alex Stanton - Client Manager, Blue State Digital. With experience in integrated online and traditional communications, political and issue campaign management, media planning, and message development, Alex joined Blue State Digital's New York office in 2010. Climate Action Partnership.