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Data Can Open College Doors for Disadvantaged Kids
by Jeff Bradach From the Harvard Business Review Blog Network This piece talks about using data collection to demonstrate the outcomes of programmes, particularly nonprofits looking to increase college enrollments…
Executive Summary: High Stakes Donor Collaborations
An executive summary of an article that appears in the Spring 2013 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. You can view the full article or download a PDF version from the SSIR…
Deliver Big Impact on a Small Budget
The Harvard Business Review Insight Centre on scaling entrepreneurial solutions that benefit society are running a series about how entrepreneurs and more established organizations are using market forces to create social good.…
Toolkit for Evaluating Consumer Experience
Toolkit: Consumer experience National Quality and Risk Managers Group (2012). Wellington: Health Quality & Safety Commission. This toolkit was designed to be used with the guide for developing a consumer…
Research on a programme working with unemployed older men (UK)
WHO IS GOING TO EMPLOY ME? A RESILIENCE INTERVENTION FOR MEN Authors: Lucia Caistor-Arendar, Nina Mguni “Since November 2012 The Young Foundation has been working with Mind to develop a programme targeting the mental…
Mapping Social Enterprises in NZ – Results of a Survey
OCVS survey reveals diverse, mature and active social enterprise sector in NZ Mapping social enterprises in New Zealand – Results of a 2012 survey They begin with defining the term: “While…
Why Don't the Best Nonprofits Grow?
by Paul Carttar From the Harvard Business Review Blog Network. This piece explores the results of a 2012 study by The Bridgespan Group in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. This review found,…
Tackling the Physical Inactivity Epidemic
The Young Foundation has released a post about the physical inactivity epidemic, talking about some case study research they are currently completing in this field. “Levels of physical activity are…
Social Innovation eXchange – worldwide social innovation network
The Young Foundation venture Social Innovation eXchange (SIX) is growing up and has spun out as an independent organisation. “SIX is now the world’s primary network for social innovation and a…
‘Transforming lives – one whanau at a time’ – Te Arawa Whanau Ora officially launches in Rotorua
“Te Arawa Whanau Ora Collective – located at the Korowai Aroha Health Centre on Hinemoa Street – has been working for more than a year to build a system that…
Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority Wellbeing Survey
The Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) Wellbeing Survey 2012 CERA and its partner agencies undertook the Wellbeing Survey to measure earthquake recovery progress across greater Christchurch. It provides timely feedback to social and…
Strategies to minimise the incidence of suicide and suicidal behaviour in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Resource sheet no. 18 produced for the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse February 2013 The 2010 Senate Inquiry report The Hidden Toll: Suicide in Australia called for the development of a…