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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Historically, the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has been used as a term to capture these important upstream, non-medical drivers of health. For example, a solution to help Elisa manage her diabetes might not work in her community because of the cultural or economic barriers that are present.

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Putting Health at the Center of Climate Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. To be both a business and societal success, the company must rethink its design.

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Secure Your Intention: Why You Need To Power Up At Women’s Equality Day Conference

Fundraising Leadership

The results showed that “female business network initiatives may constitute an inclusive policy of women entrepreneurship,” and lead to more success. According to Open Access Government, the benefits of mentorship, role modeling and networking are vast, particularly with women in STEM. Volunteer, organize, don’t lay down and die.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. Given endemic market failure, the federal government must adjust to this reality. This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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Program Management Statistics: 12 Stats and How to Use Them

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For instance, an emergency assistance organization could track delivering 5,500 meals and 200 medical kits in one month. You can take a certain group such as your volunteer team and measure their average age or cultural background. Sheri’s foray into entrepreneurship began with Measurement Resources Company in 2010.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For the past three decades, I have guided museums, nonprofit arts organizations, and higher education institutions in planning, programming, fundraising for, and promoting new or renovated cultural facilities that fulfill mission imperatives. The younger of two sons, George Lindemann, Jr.,

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