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Stanford Social Innovation Review

Community Schools: Proving That 'Collective Impact' Works

Martin J. Blank | Posted 02.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Evansville, Community Learning Centers, Collective Impact, Coalition for Community Schools, Governor John Gilligan, Cincinnati, Schools, Multnomah County, Community Schools, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tulsa, Home News
Martin J. Blank

There comes a time when many fine examples of how to improve learning and life conditions for our children and young people hits a ceiling. They cannot get to scale, because as exemplary as they may be, they have an "isolated impact" on the issues.

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My Three Favorite Things at Stanford

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 07.31.2011 | Impact
Read More: Stanford, Poverty, Social Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

Once a year, I teach a course at the University of California Berkeley campus about social entrepreneurship. But I also love visiting the Stanford campus for three tipping point reasons.

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An In-Depth Interview With Eric Nee, Managing Editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Skoll World Forum, Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Stanford University, Technology News
Rahim Kanani

I spoke to Nee about about the evolution of the publication, the state and promise of social innovation today, gaps in sector-wide research, and more.

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Turning Billable Hours into Volunteer Hours: Five Ways to Capitalize on New Skills-based Volunteering Trend

Margot Pritzker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Nonprofits, Women, Volunteering, Volunteerism, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Impact News
Margot Pritzker

With professionals time valued at $200 per hour on average, nonprofits can stretch their budgets by leveraging the professional skills of their volunteers.

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How Art Museums Are Striving to Stay Relevant for a New Generation

Sue Bell Yank | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Open Engagement Conference, Lacma, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Yoko Ono, Arts, John Latham, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Public Engagement, American Association of Museums, Machine Project, Mark Allen, Social Media, Hammer Museum, Social Practice, Fallen Fruit, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Guerilla Girls, Lygia Clark, Suzanne Lacy, Moca, Lucky Dragons, Allan Kaprow, Aam, Eatlacma, Slanguage, Knifeandfork, Los Angeles News
Sue Bell Yank

The overwhelming consensus is that younger generations of Americans eschew the largely passive role of audience, and demand participation from their art institutions.

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Planting the Seeds of Change

Bob McKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Children., Actions Speak Loudest, Our Future Is TBD, Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, Pepsi Refresh Project, Social Innovation, White House Office of Social Innovation, Politics, Impact, change.org, 9th Ward Field of Dreams, Action, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Brooklyn Farm Yards, Skoll Foundation, Good, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Everybody Wins, New Year?S Resolutions, Lent, Impact News
Bob McKinnon

A burgeoning underground of social entrepreneurs may represent our best hope for economic and social growth.

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