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Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yielding Power to Youth by Kate Lord & Janae Phillips Leaders at Shes the First, a global organization that teams up with grassroots leaders to make sure girls are educated, respected, and heard, share what theyve learned from making the leap into youth-led advocacy campaigns.

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From Margin to Mainstream: Social Innovation for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Further, were increasingly seeing proximate social innovatorsthose who are either based in affected communities and/or have lived experience of the challenges at handgaining more visibility in media, higher education, and other arenas. So, whats the next step?

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Smart Reform: Reducing Government Waste By Strengthening The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

As a voice for the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, we know we play a role in finding a way forward that increases the excellence in our nonprofit sector with the resources it needs to meet the needs of so many Idahoans who need affordable housing, safe childcare, food stability, up-skilling for a living wage, and quality education.

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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. Social enterprises seek to address social problems using business strategies. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? Target narrative reporting.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. There are still only a few examples of successful social enterprises serving poorer people at scale that were created by entrepreneurs from those communities.

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BOOKMARK THIS: Big List of Twitter Chats for Nonprofits (Chat Tools, Too!)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you’re in education or health, be sure to dive into the special directories listed in the OTHER section. Socentchat | Wednesdays @ 1pm ET (social entrepreneurship). artsedchat | second Sundays @ 8:30pm ET (arts education). musedchat | Mondays @ 5pm ET (music education). TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Fortunately, in recent years, some nonprofits have successfully diversified their boards, recruiting members with lived experiences that align with the communities being served by paying attention to demographics such as age, race, socioeconomic status, education, religion, disability, and diversity in thought and professional experience.