Published by Working Wikily on 31 Jan 2012
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When you’re trying to build a movement, how do you know if your effort is reaping results? Across all the types of enterprises in social change, movement organizers are often seen as the polar opposite of straightforward service providers such as soup kitchens. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 01 Jun 2011
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If you work at an advocacy organization, or support them, have you encountered new challenges in attracting members, keeping them engaged, and attracting their donations? Many people we’ve spoken to have had that experience, and as a result we’ve recently completed a national study of member-based advocacy organizations called “DISRUPTION: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support.” › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 23 Feb 2011
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We’re very excited to share a new Monitor Institute case study on the innovative methods of collective impact and large-scale collaboration being pioneered by the RE-AMP network. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 02 Feb 2011
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It’s clear that something’s changed in the world when the cover article of the Harvard Business Review is titled “How to Fix Capitalism: Creating Shared Value,” and when one of the authors is Professor Michael Porter, who built his reputation on insight into the nature of competition. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 30 Nov 2010
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The Monitor Institute’s Diana Scearce recently wrote a piece inspired by ‘Switch’ a fantastic book by Chip and Dan Heath. We wanted to share it with you here on our blog. They are asking for your help in identifying civic engagement bright spots. Do you have something to share? › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 30 Jun 2010
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Our colleagues at the Global Business Network just released a major new report with the Rockefeller Foundation: “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development.” It takes a novel scenario-driven approach to describing how technology can alleviate poverty, tapping the tradition of scenario planning as a tool for strategic thinking that GBN has pioneered over the past two decades. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 22 Jun 2010
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The Monitor Institute has just released a new case study focusing on KaBOOM!, an award-winning national nonprofit that helps build playgrounds in low-income communities, and advocates for children’s right to play. › Continue reading… |
Published by Working Wikily on 23 Nov 2009
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As part of our ongoing research project into the future of membership-based advocacy organizations, we’ve been talking to folks from “new” as well as “older” groups focused on issue-organizing. We’re hoping to find out how the nature of civic engagement and mobilization is changing – along with the business models needed to support this kind of work. › Continue reading… |
