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The United Nations’ Innovation Learning Journey

Stanford Social Innovation Review

From displacement and poverty to illness and environmental degradation, the urgent challenges facing the world today call for innovative approaches that combine an entrepreneurial spirit with a clear understanding of the problems and a firm footing in communities. ”—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 2019. ” Why?

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Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In other cases, they are organizations, industries, professions, or cultures. Water managers conclude that their shared underground resource requires a regional association bringing together small and large cities and rural areas with vastly different organizational cultures. Sometimes these social boundaries are academic disciplines.

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Unlearning to Relearn: An Interview with Stephanie Bowman of Mothers Out Front

NonProfit Quarterly

So, I went to college at Hampton University and studied political science. However, no matter how progressive the space was, there was always a layer of sexism, racism, and ageism embedded in the culture. But an older Black man might, on a cultural level, understand. I realized that I wanted to be an organizer for life.

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A Planet to Win—Where Do We Start?

NonProfit Quarterly

Cohen and Aronoff’s perspectives on climate politics counter the paralytic defeatism of the U.S. political machine with the optimistic energy of organizing climate coalitions. The problems of climate politics become more complicated, however, when they expand to the planetary scale. Interview by the author with.

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Lessons from Campaign 2010: Innovations in Online Fundraising and Organizing from the Mid-term Elections

Care2

BSD's portfolio of clients includes nonprofits like the American Red Cross; political and advocacy campaigns, most famously President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign; cultural and academic institutions like Harvard University; and brands and businesses like Microsoft. Eric Rardin: Eric is the Director of Nonprofit Services, for Care2.