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Hannah Jones gets it. 

With arguably the most developed social sector and philanthropic market in the world, it’s safe to say that the people of the United States love to give. And while some can give money, many can and do give time.  Volunteers are critical to the success of nonprofit organizations, yet these organizations continue to face challenges in fully capturing the value of this workforce.

A recent blogpost on Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the unique role the private sector can play in advancing global health innovations.  Gabi Zedlmayer, a VP at Hewlett-Packard, leads a newly created business unit called the Office of Global Social Innovation.  The mere creation of a dedicated corporate branch to social innocation is indicative of HP's focus on leveraging its core business to advance social issues around the world.  While still not ubiquitous across most Fortune 500 companies, it is my hope that such business units become commonplace as the focus of social impact b

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) – or public-private alliances (PPAs) - are receiving increasing amounts of attention. There is broad acknowledgement across the public and private sectors that sustainable solutions to serious development issues require collaboration.  Additionally, the current economic conditions create an intensified desire to mitigate risk and to share resources and expertise.  Under President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, the U.S.

By now, many people privy to the social sector have read the controversial op-ed recently published in the Wall Street Journal, “The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility,” by Professor Aneel Karnani.  This article caused an uproar of monster-truck force sparking discussions abound both in favor and against Karnani’s viewpoint  The purpose of this blog post is not to debate the merits of that article as my colleague Cheryl Davenport provides a succinct response to this article in a recent Th

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For the second time in as many months, I’m disappointed in the Wall Street Journal’s choice to publish tired opinions and outdated views of corporate social responsibility. 

The following excerpt is taken from an article by Jason Saul and Cheryl Davenport currently featured on CRO Magazine's website and to be published in the October print edition.    

Stanford Social Innovation Review just published a wonderful article by Geoff Mulgan entitled "Measuring Social Value."It is very timely, in fact, because it continues the commentary of a recent Thoughtscrap by my colleague, Rick Groves, which provides a compelling argument on the need for the right data, whether quantitative or qualitative, when measuring social impact as opposed to data for data sake. I will let you all read through this piece but will offer up some of my favorite points: