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Impact Investing: Getting Financial Returns While Building A Better World

Imagine trillions of private sector dollars pouring into healthcare, affordable housing, education, agriculture, distributed utilities, and restructured social spending in emerging markets and here in the U.S. No, not in the form of charity; rather, in the form of "impact investing."READ»

Crowdsourcing: Yesterday's Corporate Philanthropy Is Today's Branding and Community-Building

Today, corporate philanthropy decisions draw on the collective wisdom of diverse groups of people of all generations and backgrounds, including members of the global community being served, social innovators, customers, employees, and others.READ»

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Hacker-Driven "Code for America" Kicks Off Today

Inspired by the impact of Teach for America, programmers will spend the year creating applications for cash-strapped (and technology befuddled) city governments.READ»

GlobalGiving: $25 for Your Thoughts

Imagine sitting around your holiday table discussing which project each member of the family chose for their GlobalGiving contribution. Because you gave each of them a gift card for $25. Or, imagine giving gift cards to your employees, and they're sitting around a pizza at lunch discussing the projects they chose.READ»

Is Innovation Just Another Business Model? 3 Systemic Innovation Processes

Innovation has gone from being an "A-Ha" Moment to a field that is studied and can be predicted. READ»