Inside Social Innovation
555 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsSocial entrepreneurs and leaders from business, government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector discuss how they are confronting today’s most pressing challenges. From Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Panel Discussion - Bridging the Gap Conference
October 16, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 35.6 MBFrom clean water to disease control and global climate change, a new breed of business people is designing sustainable solutions to promote international development and reduce global poverty. Hear from the leaders in this panel discussion about how they are applying business discipline to improve livelihood in many different nations. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/panel_discussion_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
David La Piana - Tools for Collaboration and Competition
October 16, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 34.7 MBThe nonprofit world can be a surprisingly competitive place with players keenly striving to distinguish themselves and win scarce dollars. Being an effective competitor as well as a good collaborator can help drive a nonprofit's social mission and improve long-term success. In this audio lecture, consultant David La Piana shares his own experiences with a 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp audience and gives advice on the continuous strategic planning needed for an organization to build its competitiv...
Bill Drayton - Entrepreneur for Society
October 15, 2006 06:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBAn entrepreneur combines the vision to see the next thing over the horizon with the restless energy and problem-solving skills needed to set that change in motion. These qualities are shared by business and social entrepreneurs alike, representing a positive force that can help address the world's toughest problems. In this audio lecture, Bill Drayton takes a thoughtful look at Ashoka's mission and highlights its programs designed to nurture the current and future generations of talented ent...
Vyomesh Joshi - The HP Way and Bottom Line Results
October 09, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBVyomesh Joshi is an executive vice president at Hewlett-Packard who has helped lead the company to success over the past 25 years. In this audio lecture, Joshi discusses how HP is integrating social and environmental responsibility into its bottom line with efforts such as a program to retrieve and recycle 200 million pounds of used inkjet and LaserJet printer cartridge paraphernalia each year. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/vyomesh_joshi_-_the_hp_way_and_bottom_line_results
Cherie Evans - So You Want to Start a Nonprofit?
October 09, 2006 06:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBAlong with clear tax benefits, starting a nonprofit means forms to file, rules to follow, and records to keep. How do you obtain public charity status? What are the pros and cons? Are there other options? In this audio lecture, corporate tax attorney Cherie Evans provides a step-by-step guide on the legal aspects of setting up and running a charitable organization to her 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp audience. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/cherie_evans_-_so_you_want_to_start_a_nonprofit
Scott Ullman - Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Part II)
October 03, 2006 06:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBIn this audio lecture recorded at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp, Scott Ullman provides a wealth of practical information and how-tos for developing a fundraising campaign. Concrete examples based on a successful nonprofit illustrate both the day-to-day operations and the leadership skills needed to guide any organization towards good planning habits, successful execution, and a sustainable fundraising strategy. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/scott_ullman_-_introduction_to_fundraising_pl...
Scott Ullman - Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Part I)
October 02, 2006 06:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this audio lecture, Scott Ullman walks his audience of nonprofit executives gathered at the 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp through the steps of planning a fundraising campaign, including how to integrate fundraising into the day-to-day activities of a nonprofit organization. This program is geared to people who have never undertaken a fundraising plan before, but offers great advice for anyone looking to sharpen their strategy. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/scott_ullman_-_introduction_to...
Van Jones - Nonprofit Boot Camp Keynote
September 25, 2006 06:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBNurturing a fledgling nonprofit takes dedication, focus, and maybe even a few miracles. In this audio lecture, Van Jones offers a compelling look at life in the nonprofit sector, sharing his own story and some key tips for making a real difference. Collaboration, communication, tenacity, integrity, and irrational exuberance are just a few of the qualities needed to grow a good idea into a sustainable force for social progress. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/van_jones_-_nonprofit_boot_ca...
Darian Rodriguez Heyman - Bay Area Non Profit Boot Camp - Welcome
September 25, 2006 06:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBNonprofit Boot Camp is Craigslist Foundation's premiere educational program, designed to empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders. In this opening keynote, Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Charlie Crystle kick off the 2006 San Francisco Bay Area Bootcamp with a warm welcome and an overview of the conference's nine educational tracks. The program is overflowing with practical wisdom to help budding social entrepreneurs succeed in their mission and manage their organizations more effectivel...
Innovation in Public Education - Bridging the Gap 2005
September 25, 2006 06:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this panel discussion, entrepreneurs in the field of education talk about how to work with the market and apply business practices and frameworks to the problem of urban education reform. Their lessons have relevance in areas ranging from teaching to administration, and from recruitment to organizational design. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/innovation_in_public_education_-_bridging_the_gap_2005
Corporate Social Responsibility - Bridging the Gap Panel
September 18, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBIn the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel discussion explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, and practical challenges faced by companies in implementing guidelines. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/corporate_social_responsibility_-_bridging_the_gap_panel
Amory Lovins - Hero for the Planet
September 16, 2006 06:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBTalking with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute argues that the United States can operate on a fourth of the energy it now uses, while still providing the same or better services. This may seem far-fetched, but Lovins has been accused of taking off on flights of fancy before, though time has a remarkable way of proving his assertions correct. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/amory_lovins_-_hero_for_the_planet
High Impact Careers in Nonprofits - Bridging the Gap Panel
September 11, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 29 MBDo you want to have a measurable social impact without giving up a challenging and rewarding career path? Speakers provide a range of perspectives on high-quality jobs in the nonprofit sector. The panel discussion, from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, dispels the myth that MBAs going into nonprofits can't have successful, high-profile careers. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/high_impact_careers_in_nonprofits...
Oliver Foot - The Next Generation of Global Health Workers
September 11, 2006 06:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBIn 1982, ophthalmologist Oliver Foot founded Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, a unique mobile teaching facility housed in a DC-10 jet aircraft. In this audio interview With Globeshakers host Tim Zak, he discusses how his organization brings dedicated eye care professionals to the developing world to restore eyesight through surgery and other treatments. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/oliver_foot_-_the_next_generation_of_global_health_workers
Measuring Social Impact - Bridging the Gap Conference
September 03, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBMeasuring the social impact created by philanthropic projects has forever been the nonprofit sector's philosopher's stone. This panel discussion, at the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, highlights innovative examples of measurement systems and explores some of the complex problems that arise when attempting to apply metrics to social impact. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/measuring_social_impact_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Expecting Returns - Bridging the Gap Conference
August 28, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBFor years, many believed that socially responsible investments could simply not hold up to traditional investments. In this panel discussion from the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference, organized by the Stanford Business School, social capital market experts dispel the myths associated with socially responsible investing, and look toward the future of what is to come as more and more funds offer social choices. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/expecting_returns_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Kent Thiry - From Demoralization to Living Community
August 21, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBDaVita is the largest independent provider in the United States of dialysis services to people with chronic kidney failure. In 2000, DaVita was being investigated by the SEC and sued by shareholders. In this audio lecture recorded at Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact conference, Kent Thiry explains how building community and shared values bumped DaVita's market capitalization to $3 billion and turned it into a leader in its field. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/kent_thiry_-...
Robert Langer - The Promise of Biomedical Engineering
August 14, 2006 06:00 - 18 minutes - 8.69 MBRobert Langer has been referred to as "a medical pioneer in the guise of an engineer" who has revolutionized the delivery of drugs and the engineering of human tissue. In this audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Langer reveals his tenacious nature and talks about what it takes to persevere in the face of public criticism. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/robert_langer_-_the_promise_of_biomedical_engineering
Will Rogers - Environmental Conservation
August 14, 2006 06:00 - 33 minutes - 15.2 MBAn area the size of Connecticut is being developed every year. That's how fast nature is being lost to concrete in the world today. In this audio lecture recorded at Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact conference, Will Rogers discusses strategies for sustainable land use in a context where the boundaries that separate land conservation from public health, housing, economic development, transit, energy-use policies, and urban design are rapidly blurring. https://ssir.org/podcas...
Nonprofit-Private Alliances - Bridging the Gap Panel
August 07, 2006 06:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBThe corporate world is oftentimes approached for favors, but very few evolve into mutually beneficial alliances between nonprofits and private-sector companies. As described in this audio lecture, First Book's Kyle Zimmer and Disney executive Kathy Franklin explain what it takes to build a successful long-term strategic relationship. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/nonprofit_private_alliances_bridging_gap_panel
Cheryl Dorsey - Investing in Worldwide Social Change
July 31, 2006 06:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBIn the early 1990s, Cheryl Dorsey got a fellowship from Echoing Green to launch the Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit that provides basic medical and outreach services to at-risk residents of inner-city Boston neighborhoods. Now president of Echoing Green, Dorsey talks with Globeshakers host Tim Zak in an audio interview about the challenge of building on the impressive track record of one of the world's leading investors and supporters of worldwide social change. https://...
The Next Social Leaders - Bridging the Gap Conference
July 24, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 28.3 MBIn this panel discussion, social entrepreneur veteran Laura Scher and more recent entrants, Kirsten Gagnaire and Jenny Shilling Stein, offer advice on what it takes to create a successful for-profit or nonprofit organization with a social purpose. The key components, they agreed, are a strong leader, a clear social mission, consistency, and focus. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/the_next_social_leaders_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Strategic Philanthropy - Bridging the Gap Conference
July 17, 2006 06:00 - 57 minutes - 26.6 MBA new generation of innovative philanthropists is helping to transform charitable giving. This panel discussion highlights the philosophy of three young, but outstanding, organizations in the strategic philanthropic field. Panelists emphasize the targeted use of wealth to address specific social challenges. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/strategic_philanthropy_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Rick Lowe - Urban Villages: Art As Social Innovation
July 10, 2006 06:00 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MBRick Lowe has given new meaning to the phrase "artist-in-residence." This Heinz Award winner and former Loeb fellow at the Harvard School of Design is the founder of Project Row Houses, an organization that merges art and architecture with social activism. In an audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Lowe describes how this experiment in "social sculpture" is redefining the role of art and artists in society. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/rick_lowe_-_urban_villages_art_as_soci...
Corporate Environmental Footprint - Bridging the Gap Conference
July 10, 2006 06:00 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBAs the world awakens to the challenges of global warming and water shortages, corporations slowly recognize the reduction of their environmental footprint as a significant component of corporate social responsibility. This panel discussion explores some of the leading corporate initiatives toward environmental sustainability. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/corporate_environmental_footprint_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Al Gore - Fostering Enviornmental Sustainability
July 04, 2006 06:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThe industrialized world is on a collision course with nature, says environmental sustainability hero and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore. In this audio lecture, he presents the realities of global warming with alarming clarity and conclusiveness and passionately urges a Stanford Business School audience to take action. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/al_gore_-_fostering_enviornmental_sustainability
Greening the Supply Chain - Bridging the Gap Conference
July 03, 2006 06:00 - 24 minutes - 11.1 MBHow did Patagonia make the transition to using 100% organic cotton in its product line? In this panel discussion from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Randy Harward discusses the challenges of garnering internal support, ensuring adequate supply of raw materials, and keeping prices affordable as Patagonia greens its supply chain. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/greening_the_supply_chain_-_bridging_the_gap_co...
Ticia Gerber - Leadership in Global Health Technology
July 01, 2006 06:00 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MBTicia Gerber sits at the center of one of the world's important current debates: How do we keep people healthy without having it cost an arm and a leg? At eHealth Initiative and LIGHT, Gerber is working across three continents to bridge the public, private, and social sectors. She talks with Globeshakers host Tim Zak in an audio interview about the role of technology in the future of healthcare and what it means to create a dialogue between the developed and developing world. https://ssi...
Debra Meyerson - When Personal and Corporate Values Are at Odds
June 26, 2006 05:59 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBChanging the status quo in major organizations may seem overwhelming. Debra Meyerson offers the 2005 Stanford Net Impact conference audience strategies to effect change from within through tempered radicalism. In this audio lecture, she shares findings from her research about incremental and bottom-up change strategies to impact corporate values and advance social justice and social responsibility within organizations. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/debra_meyerson_-_when_personal_and_co...
Dean Kamen - Heinz Award Winner Series
June 19, 2006 06:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBDean Kamen has literally changed the world by turning breakthrough ideas into practical products. In this audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Kamen discusses the power of technology to change society. He also talks about what it takes to persevere in the face of public and professional resistance toward inventions and technology that can actually make people's lives better. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/dean_kamen_-_heinz_award_winner_series
Dr. Paul Farmer - Partners In Health
June 12, 2006 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.7 MBRecipient of the 9th Annual Heinz Award for the Human Condition, Paul Farmer is a medical doctor and a professor of anthropology at Harvard's medical school. He shuttles between Harvard and Haiti, where he maintains a practice at Clinique Bon Saveur, a charity hospital he founded. Farmer talks in this audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak about the challenges and rewards of providing healthcare to the poorest of the poor, and the evolving, innovative models for getting drugs to thos...
International Coffee Markets - Bridging the Gap Panel
June 11, 2006 06:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBOver 125 million people rely on coffee for their livelihood. What are Starbucks, the Fair Trade certification, and other nonprofit initiatives doing to help them out of the coffee crisis? This panel discussion describes the mechanics of the global coffee crisis and explores strategies to address sustainability issues on the economic, social, and environmental levels. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/international_coffee_markets_-_bridging_the_gap_panel
Community Foundations - Bridging the Gap Conference
June 01, 2006 06:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBCommunity foundations have become an increasingly common outlet for charitable giving and activities in the United States. In this panel discussion, community foundation leaders discuss innovative models for turning dollars into social change, as well as challenges faced by this important sector of philanthropy. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/community_foundations_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
David Bornstein - How to Change the World
June 01, 2006 06:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBDavid Bornstein is a leading expert on the global rise of "social entrepreneurism." In this audio interview, Globeshakers host Tim Zak asks how we would know a social entrepreneur if we saw one on the street. More important, why should we care? Who invests in social enterprise and what is at stake for our world if we don't? https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/david_bornstein_-_how_to_change_the_world
Ethan Zuckerman - Bringing Technology to Africa
June 01, 2006 06:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBAs a technologist, Ethan Zuckerman has spent much time working with the new generation of African entrepreneurs, programmers, organizers, and young people who are hooking up their continent to the Web. In an audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Zuckerman explains how these new netizens are changing the way villagers and urban dwellers learn, organize, network, and face the challenges of poverty, AIDS, political strife, and making a living. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/ethan...
Jed Emerson - Value Creation
June 01, 2006 06:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBThe nonprofit sector delivers social value and the for-profit sector delivers economic value, right? Wrong! Speaking at Bridging the Gap, the 2005 Stanford Net Impact conference, Jed Emerson argues that value is non-divisible, whole, and blended. In this audio lecture, he invites us to think beyond philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, and other limiting mindsets. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/jed_emerson_-_value_creation
Corporate Philanthropy - Bridging the Gap Conference
April 03, 2006 06:00 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBHow can philanthropy mesh with a company's core strategy? In this panel discussion, executives from cutting-edge corporate donors share the various strategies used by their companies to serve societal needs. They consider issues such as the value proposition of giving for shareholders, and whether for-profits' philanthropic efforts can be purely altruistic. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/corporate_philanthropy_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Clean Products - Bridging the Gap Conference
March 27, 2006 07:00 - 1 hour - 28 MBWhy should professionals care about the environment? In this panel discussion, executives from environmentally conscious companies talk about their strategies to market clean products and share their personal motivation for working on environmental issues. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/clean_products_-_bridging_the_gap_conference
Marty Ashby - The Future of Jazz
March 23, 2006 07:00 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBAs executive producer of MCG Jazz, Marty Ashby works with musicians who often devote their proceeds to a community arts and vocational training center in Pittsburg, Penn. In this audio interview, Ashby charts for Globeshakers host Tim Zak his career from jazz musician to director of this philanthropic jazz performance and recording venue. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/marty_ashby_-_the_future_of_jazz
Bill Strickland - Globeshakers
March 15, 2006 07:00 - 27 minutes - 12.5 MBOn Pittsburgh's gritty north side, just down the street from where he grew up, Bill Strickland has created a youth development and adult training center like no other. In this audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak, Strickland talks about the environment he has melded over more than 40 years surrounded by stunning art, the sounds of jazz, beautiful orchids, and brilliant architecture, with programs that get kids into college and adults a job with a future. https://ssir.org/podcast...
Luther Ragin, Jr. - Is Grantmaking Enough? A Case for Mission-Related Investing
March 06, 2006 07:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBLuther Ragin, Jr., Vice President of Investments for The F.B. Heron Foundation, explains how the mission-related investment approach can harness a foundation's financial power to maximize its social return. From the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/luther_ragin_jr._-_is_grantmaking_enough_a_case_for_mission-related_investi
Ludo Oelrich - A Public-Private Partnership that Works
February 27, 2006 07:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MB"Moving the World" is a partnership between logistics company TNT and the United Nations World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian aid agency. Together they provide food aid to an average of 90 million people, including 56 million hungry children, in more than 80 countries. Speaking at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Moving the World Director Ludo Oelrich explains in this audio lecture how the benefits of this association play out both ways. https://ssi...
John Rickard and Jon Olson - Public-Private Partnerships for Disaster Relief
February 20, 2006 07:00 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBJon Olson has put Intel's supply chain expertise at John Rickard's disposal to bring his organization, International Rescue Committee, to the next level. Speaking together at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, they explain in this audio lecture how the supply chain knowledge and frameworks developed in a corporate environment can go a long way when applied to the logistic issues faced by humanitarian disaster relief agencies. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/john_rickar...
Gail Neudorf - Humanitarian Disaster Relief Challenges
February 13, 2006 07:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBSpeaking at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Gail Neudorf talks in this audio lecture about some of the challenges and issues faced by humanitarian disaster relief operations. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/gail_neudorf_-_humanitarian_disaster_relief_challenges
Adele Martz - Business Continuity: Improving GM’s Risk Profile
February 06, 2006 07:00 - 50 minutes - 22.9 MBAdele Martz explains in this audio lecture how risk management puts GM at a competitive advantage to an audience of disaster relief operation actors gathered for the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/adele_martz_-_business_continuity_improving_gms_risk_profile
Randy Martin - Speed and Agility Versus Cost
January 30, 2006 07:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBRandy Martin has been in the business of humanitarian disaster relief for 25 years. In this audio lecture recorded at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar, Martin shares some of the lessons he has learned on the front lines and investigates possible collaborations across sectors to enhance disaster relief operations. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/randy_martin_-_speed_and_agility_versus_cost
Leslie Lamb - Managing Risk in an Uncertain World
January 24, 2006 07:00 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBIn this audio lecture, Leslie Lamb shares her company's approach to risk management with some of the main actors in humanitarian disaster relief operations gathered at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/leslie_lamb_-_managing_risk_in_an_uncertain_world
Zach Warren - Laughter in a Time of War
January 16, 2006 06:59 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBIn 2005, marathoner, juggler, and unicyclist Zach Warren traveled to Afghanistan to help children recover from the traumas of war, as part of the Afghan Mobile Mini Circus for Children. In this audio interview, Warren shares with Globeshakers host Tim Zak his observations about what it takes to rebuild an entire country. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/zach_warren_laughter_time_war
Lynn Fritz - Using Supply Chain Innovations to Save Lives
January 12, 2006 07:00 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this audio lecture, Lynn Fritz, a few days after hurricane Katrina hit, shares his vision for the enhancement of disaster relief operations to a floor of highly engaged humanitarian disaster relief actors gathered at the Stanford Effective Disruption Management Seminar. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/lynn_fritz_-_using_supply_chain_innovations_to_save_lives
Alex Lindsay - The Next Generation of Digital Craftsmen
January 05, 2006 07:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBAs "chief architect" of PixelCorps, Alex Lindsay created a guild for the next generation of craftsmen: digital craftsmen. In this audio interview, Lindsay describes to Globeshakers host Tim Zak how PixelCorps is currently transferring skills in digital imaging and animation to regions in the developing world so that their workforces can capitalize on the coming media revolution. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/alex_lindsay_-_the_next_generation_of_digital_craftsmen