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Featured Social Innovations

Profiles an innovative, proven-effective (or proven-ineffective) solution to an important social, environmental or organizational problem.

Reimagining Higher Education Through Incorporation of Pedagogical Innovations
December 2014 Natasha Marie Levanti
Case Study: Community Health and Literacy Center, a first of its kind public-private partnership by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and City of Philadelphia
December 2014 Maureen Hansberry, Real Estate Portfolio Manager and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
PhillyRising
December 2014 Zachary Houck
Staying the Course: Getting to Goal
December 2014 Yvonne Emmanuel
Nonprofits in Economic Development (The National View)
December 2014 Lee Huang
PIDC: A Legacy of Innovation in Economic Development
December 2014 Carol J. de Fries
Vision-Strategy-Space-Design-Culture: The New Paradigm
December 2014 Richard J. Cohen, Anne Callan, Nancy Bradberry and Richard Benoit
Developing Future Leaders Through The Fund For Children
June 2014 Libby Walsh O’Donnell & Philip Fitzgerald
Out-of-School Time Participation and Student Outcomes: An Evaluation Brief
June 2014 Valerie Evans, Ph.D. and Tonya Wolford, Ph.D.
A Network-Wide approach to Professional development: Introduction
June 2014 Jason Schwalm
A Network Wide Approach to Professional Development: Professional Development in Out-of-School Time
June 2014 Dr. Nancy Peter
A Network Wide Approach to Professional Development: Standardizing Professional Development in the OST System
June 2014 Kristen Coe and Jason Schwalm
A Network Wide Approach to Professional Development: Mitigating the Impact of Line Staff Turnover through Professional Development
June 2014 Ariel Zander
Promoting Innovation in a Scalable Out-of-School Time System
June 2014 Jason Schwalm and Kristen Coe
Training at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
April 2014 Judith Beck, Daniella Cavenagh, Bonnie Nicolari
Constructive Disruption for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: The Parity and the Affordable Care Acts
April 2014 A. Thomas McLellan & Abigail Mason Woodworth
Integration and the Child
April 2014 Sean Halloran, Ph.D.
Mental Illness & Violence: A Complicated Picture
April 2014 Dominic Sisti, PhD
The Future of Behavioral Health: Embracing a Public Health Approach
April 2014 Arthur C. Evans, PhD and Samantha L. Matlin, PhD
The School Collective
February 2014 Katie Siegmann
Advancing Children With Learning Disabilities: How an Innovative Cyber Charter School Specializing in Serving Students with Reading, Math and Written ExpressionCould Foster Wide-Reaching, Breakthrough Innovation in Education
February 2014 Bethany Edwards
Building the Next Generation of Education Leaders
February 2014 Kristen Forbriger
Blended Learning Transforming the Factory Style of Education
February 2014 Elizabeth Ulivella
Philly Goes to College: Changing the College-Going Culture of Philadelphia
October 2013 Jennifer Glaeser
Transforming the Philadelphia Government’s Conventional Budget Allocation Process to a Data- and Performance-Driven Budget Process
October 2013 Samuel Lim
Culture Blocks
October 2013 Anya Saretzky
Coaching Philadelphia Students to Success
November 2013 Emily O’Rourke
Improving Outcomes for Children (IOC): How Single Case Management and Community Involvement Are Changing the Landscape of Child Welfare in Philadelphia
October 2013 Susan Kinnevy, PhD
Behavioral Health Care Goes Holistic: Pay for Performance's Growing Role in Philadelphia
October 2013 Jason Laughlin
Public Sector Customer Service: Philly 311 - Triumphing to Transform Local Government Service Delivery
October 2013 Rosetta Carrington Lue and Ryan Birchmeier
Transforming the Culture of Philadelphia’s Child Welfare System The Power of Community Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Children
November 2013 Sarah Evans and Jennifer Lydic
Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab (PSIL): Cultivating Innovations for Impact
June 2013 Sean Pierre Evers
Why We Need Innovation to get Young People Into Work
June 2013 Jo Casebourne
Philadelphia's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Its Students: A Pathway to Shared Success
June 2013 Alyson Goodner
An Innovative Approach to Collaboration: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
June 2013 Allison Book-Arango
Philadelphia is Becoming a Test Case for a New Theory on how Cities Develop in 21st-Century America
June 2013 Larry Eichel
Connecting the Dots: Creating an Environment for Innovation to Flourish
June 2013 Louise Pulford
Strengthening Programs and Services for Immigrant Seniors in Challenging Economic Times
January 2013 Patricia Hampson Eget
Background: Genesis and Replication of the Financial Empowerment Centers
May 2012 Elaine Jones
Turning Points for Children: Merging for the Future
January 2013 James Moss
Innovations through Partnerships in Recovery: A Case Study of Public Health Management Corporation and Interim House
January 2013 Kathy Wellbank and Devin Reaves
The Sweet Side of the Brownie Business: How the Greyston Bakery is Transforming the Way For-Profit Companies Effect Social Change
October 2012 Josh Oppenheimer
Not Your Grandfather’s Apprenticeship: Why Young People Looking Forward Are Wise to Look Back
May 2012 Jennie Sparandara
From Social Entrepreneur to Good Company
October 2012 Sean P. Evers andJosefa Silva
Wash Cycle Laundry
October 2012 Christina Wiskowski
Collaborating Across Sectors to Increase Opportunity for Youth and Young Adults
May 2012 Stacy Holland
Teaching Children Hope Through Theater: 1812 Productions’ Arts Outreach in Philadelphia Public Schools
May 2012 Jennifer Kerner
Equipping UK youth with twenty-first century skills: how Spark+Mettle blends old school methods with new tech tools
May 2012 Eugenie Teasley
Two Sector Leaders Collaborate to Yield High-Impact Outcomes
January 2013 Romana S. Lee-Akiyama, Robert Roach, and Ana Lisa Yoder
Policy Change To Aid Immigrant Youth Spurs Collaboration: The Formation of the Philadelphia Deferred Action Network (P-DAN)
January 2013 Judith Bernstein-Baker, Esq., MSW and Natasha Kelemen, MSS
Generating innovation: Listening, involving and co-producing with ‘unusual suspects’
May 2012 Emma Clarence
Play On, Philly!: Music for Social Change
May 2012 Heather Calvert
Innovation at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS): Improving Outcomes for Children by Increasing Accountability and Strengthening Community Partnerships
February 2012 Rebecca McElroy
Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative
January 2013 Gretchen Wendel
The Choice is Yours: An Innovative Alternative-to-Incarceration Program in Philadelphia
September 2011 Mark Mitchell
Entrepreneurs in the Classroom
June 2013 Sandra Hlebs
United Way and Tabor Services, Inc.
January 2013 Carrie Uhl
Fair Food: A Humane and Sustainable Agriculture System for the Philadelphia Region
September 2011 Samantha Porter
PathWays PA and Women In Transition: A Partnership to Better Serve Women
January 2013 Carol Goertzel and Roberta Hacker
Surrey Services for Seniors
January 2013 Barbara Fentress
Turning Poverty into Promise: From High School Remediation to College Degrees
September 2011 Nicholas Torres
Using Schools as Centers for Urban Revitalization
September 2011 Jason J. Riley
The Mary Howard Health Center: Meeting the Health Care Needs of the Chronically Homeless in Philadelphia
September 2011 Anne Marie Volker, with the assistance of Elaine R. Fox
A New Access Point for Primary Care: The School-Based Wellness Center at the Pan American Academy Charter School
September 2011 Kaitlyn Woods
The Philadelphia Urban Food and Fitness Alliance (PUFFA) Shapes Up Two Community’s Spaces, Ideas and Bodies
September 2011 Suzanne L. Nelson
Convenient Care Clinics: An Innovative Business Model that Broadens Primary Care Accessibility
September 2011 Theresa Stine
YMCA Mergers
January 2013 John F. Flynn
Building Partnerships from the Inside Out: Congreso’s Model for Service Integration
June 2011 Dan Halprin and Sarah Silver
Futures Forward: The Merger of Philadelphia Futures and White-Williams Scholars
January 2013 Joan C. Mazzotti
The Salvation Army Kroc Center: An Innovative Approach to Urban Social Programming
June 2011 Kayci Weimer and Charles Harrison
Clearing the Path: Creating Innovation Space for Serving Over-Age, Under-Credited Students in Competency-Based Pathways
June 2011 Sturgis, Bob Rath, Ephraim Weisstein, and Susan Patrick
Planned Change: Partnering in the Age of Paradox
June 2011 Darlyne Bailey
United Way’s Strategic Partnership Conference: Creating Innovation and Impact Through Partnership: Innovative Partnership Competition
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
Diplomas Now: Providing Solutions to the Education Crisis in America
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
Double Dollars: Transforming Food Accessibility Through Incentives
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
Farm to Families: Rebuilding Food Systems in North Philadelphia
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
The Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative: Creating a Sustainable Refugee Health Care System
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
Women Against Abuse and Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley: Empowering Women through Financial Literacy
June 2011 Katherine Bennett
The Children’s Literacy Initiative: Lessons for Success and Preparation for Challenges
April 2011 Rebecca Maltzman and Shara D. Taylor
Summer Search: The True Impact of Mentorship
April 2011 Laura Rojas and Emily Marchese
Books Are Just the Beginning: On the Road to Innovation with The Free Library of Philadelphia
April 2011
Highlight on: Research for Action
April 2011 Layal Antoury, Mercedes Perez Millan, and Jessica Mertz
Pouring Hope One Cup at a Time: H.O.M.E. Page Café and the Free Library of Philadelphia
January 2011 Charles Harrison
“Meds & Eds”: Dr. Bernett L. Johnson, Jr. Sayre Health Center as an Innovative Solution to Two Philadelphia Problems
January 2011 Elizabeth Yackel and Annamarie D. Horan
Employers and Educators Drive Learning Together: The Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
January 2011 Matthew Grewe and Judy Mannix
Philadelphia Young Playwrights: Improving Student and Educator Engagement Through the Art of Playwriting
January 2011 R. J. Bernocco
Innovation in Government: Mayor Nutter’s Homeless Initiative
August 2010 Keri Salerno & Donna E.M. Bailey, Director, Special Project, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Opportunity, City of Philadelphia
Nominate an Innovation: Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia
August 2010 Meredith Rae Swinehart, Sandra Dewi Jacob, and Keri Salerno
Nominate an Innovation: Mighty Writers
August 2010 Written by Mandy Sandkuhler and Christina Miller
Nominate an Innovation: Champions of Caring
August 2010 Amy Cunningham, Emily Allen, and Alina Lucila-Osmunson
Academy In Manayunk (AIM): Changing Learning Differences from Deficits to Assets
May 2010 Ashley Martin, Da-In Kim, and Richard Kahn
Expanding the Reach of Youth Mentoring Through a Scalable Site-Based Model: Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Beyond School Walls Program
May 2010 Sara Lin, Christie Mun, and Jesse Moore
St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children: Bringing Preventive Pediatric Dental Care to Children in North Philadelphia
May 2010 Mikaela Levons
The Food Trust and the Fresh Food Financing Initiative: Eliminating “Food Deserts”
May 2010 Nicole Apollon Chirouze, Jennifer Atlas, and Parth Rajyaguru
Solutions for Progress and The Benefit Bank: A Community-Based Approach to Individual Self-Sufficiency
May 2010 Melanie Powell, Jalia Tucker, and Elizabeth Yim
Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC): Bringing Mental and Behavioral Health Care to Hard-to-Reach Populations
February 2010 Amy Schlosberg and Mikaela Levons
Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP): Making Legal Representation Available to Vulnerable Groups
February 2010 Rahul Sanghavi and Rachel Kotok
Health Federation of Philadelphia: Better Client Outcomes Through Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care
February 2010 Blair Bodine and Yuan Shu
Congreso: Building Nonprofit Partnerships and Determining Their Financial Costs
February 2010 Jennifer Atlas and Iris Mireya Leon
MIMIC: Tackling the Root Causes of Juvenile Delinquency
February 2010 Amruta Ghanekar and Sara Taveras
Who Gave You Your First Break? WorkReady Philadelphia’s Innovative Approach to Stimulating Corporate Altruism on behalf of Inner-City Youth
January 2010 Daniel Kaufman and Cecilia Ramirez
Graduate! Philadelphia: Turning Unused Credits into College Degrees
January 2010 Amber Cameron and Anix Vyas
Health Promotion Council: A Little Engine That Did: Innovations in Organizational Culture Lead to Market Success in the Nonprofit Sector
October 2009 Harrison Newton and Eugenio Longoria Saenz
Family Practice and Counseling Network: A Nurse-led Social Innovation ensuring access to Primary Care
October 2009 Denise Nagle Bailey, Kate Taylor, Kara Malick, Alex Lehr O’Connell, Caroline Ridgway, and Brian Valdez
Big Picture Philadelphia and the Reform of America’s Educational System through Student-Centric Education
October 2009 David Bromley, Christine Bare, Edward Garcia, Anne Saporito
Ensuring America’s Competitiveness by Enrolling and Graduating the Nontraditional Student in Higher Education: I-LEAD
October 2009 Nicholas Torres, Rosemarie Cruz
CARIE: An Innovative Approach to Fighting Elder Abuse and Neglect
October 2009 Diane Menio and Amanda M. Satryan
Editorials

Features the opinion of a provocative thought leader in a nonprofit, a socially responsibly business or a government agency.

Analysis for Japanese Youth Employment
July 2013 Yoko Nitta
Arts and the Cycle of Innovation
May 2012 Donna Frisby-Greenwood
Reviving America’s Freedoms
May 2012 Tamara Gaskell, Jon-Chris Hatalski, Beth Twiss-Houting and Kim Sajet
A Conversation With Philadelphia’s Own Nick Stuccio
May 2012 Hope Lanphear
Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate Arts Education with Afterschool Programming
May 2012 Jason Schwalm and Karen Tylek
How a Revised Business Tax will Support the Arts in Philadelphia
May 2012 Bill Green
The Legacy of PHILADANCO: Broadening Appreciation and Opportunities for the Art of Dance
May 2012 Angela M. Brown
Alzheimer’s: A Disease We No Can Longer Afford to Sweep Under the Rug
September 2011 Wendy Campbell
Getting to The Root of It
June 2013 Michael Vogel
The Pancake Method: Social Innovation and Young People in Europe’s Cities
June 2013 Eddy Adams
Innovating Nursing Education: Community Colleges Granting 4-Year Degrees
September 2011 Susan B. Hassmiller
Starting from Scratch: How the Retail Clinic Industry Has Overcome Foundational Issues in Health Care
September 2011 Sandra Festa Ryan
Philadelphia Leader Insights on Workforce
June 2013 Steve Wray, Ann O'Brien Schmieg, Stacy Holland, Jim Mergiotti, and Karen A. Stout
Innovation in Public Health: Blending the Tried and True with New Directions
September 2011 Jennifer Kolker
The Future Leadership Challenge
June 2011 R. Andrew Swinney
A Young Philadelphia Social Entrepreneur Reflects on Expanding her Career through Social Investment
June 2011 Kiley Smith
Learn, Lead and Get Out of the Way
June 2011 Heidi Hartshorn McPherson
Is Succession Planning in the Philadelphia Region A Nonprofit Sector Misnomer?
June 2011 Sarah Rosenberg, Jethro Miller, Anna King and Tine Hansen-Turton
Succession Planning: Just Do It
May 2011 Liz Dow
Breaking Down Walls to Build Up Nonprofits
January 2011 R. Andrew Swinney
Multicultural Management Is Not Just for Fortune 500 Companies: What Your Nonprofit Is Missing Out On
October 2010 Michael Wong
It’s Time to Shake Things Up and Disrupt Education
October 2010 Nicholas Torres
Reflections on the Summer of 2010: Magic Wands, Girls with Dragon Tattoos and Trouble in Innovation Land
October 2010 Tine Hansen-Turton
Change the Way We Create Change
October 2010 Dan Pallotta
As We Turn the Corner, We Reflect Back on an Exciting Year
August 2010 Tine Hansen-Turton and Nicholas Torres
Back to the Basics and Good Ideas; Let the Spirit of Innovation Prevail
April 2010 Nicholas Torres and Tine Hansen-Turton
How Social Enterprise Organizations Can Prosper in 2010
January 2010 Michael Wong
Lessons Learned from Answering the Million Dollar Question
January 2010 Kat Rosqueta
Paying Attention to Children’s Dental Care
January 2010 Paul DiLorenzo and Judy Gelinas
Thanks for the Republic – The Engine of Social Innovation
January 2010 Sondra Myers
The Pursuit of Progress
January 2010 Tine Hansen-Turton
Rocket Science or Teaching: Which is More Difficult?
December 2009 Nicholas Torres
Letting our Wild Things Go
November 2009 Tine Hansen-Turton
From Social Innovation to Community Leadership
October 2009 R. Andrew Swinney
Disruptive Innovations

Profiles an innovative, promising, yet still unproven solution to an important social, environmental or organizational problem.

Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and the Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab: Taking Ideas from Inception to Impact
October 2012 Don Liberati and Helene Furjan
The future of healthcare is here: Partnerships with community-based organizations
January 2013 Taz Hussein
Connecting Unemployment Exhaustees to Critical Benefits: An Innovative Outreach and Enrollment Model
October 2012 Rachel Meeks Cahill, Brian Gilmore and Ashley Humienny
Coworking in North Carolina
May 2012 Diane Cherry and Leslie Keena
When money is at the root of domestic violence, financial literacy can be a lifesaver
January 2013 The Clarifi Team
Closing the Literacy Gap in Philadelphia
October 2012 Helen Cunningham
Hatching Eggs: A Curriculum Incubator
October 2012 Neil Kleinman
The Latino Voter ID Workgroup: A Case Study of Collaborative Leadership in Philadelphia's Barrio
January 2013 Will Gonzalez
Social Innovation in Africa: "The Footprint" of 2iE
June 2013 Paul Ginies, Diane Saty Kouame and Elodie Hanff
Centers for Educational Excellence: “Urban Renewal” for Teachers and Educational Nonprofits
October 2012 Donald Manekin and Gabe Canuso
The Path to Innovation and Creativity Runs Through Diversity
October 2012 Meghan McVety
The Lansdale Collaboration: Fostering Social Innovation through Collaboration
January 2013 Russell Johnson, William P. Brown Jr., Robin Burstein, Robert M. Gallagher and Suzan Neiger Gould
Engaging within Emerging Markets in the United States
October 2012 Michael Wong
Patient Activation: A New Perspective for Health Providers
September 2011 Kate J. Flynn
Bringing Value-based Purchasing of Health Benefits to Greater Philadelphia through Establishment of a Regional Business Coalition on Health
September 2011 Neil I. Goldfarb
Camphill Village Kimberton Hills: Innovations in Intentional Supportive Community Living
September 2011 Diedra Heitzman and Jessica Yen
Integrated Health Services for Persons Living with Disabilities: “The Mayo Clinic for People with Disabilities”
September 2011 Gavin Kerr
Common Market: Smart, Sustainable Sustenance
September 2011 Liz McKenna
Social Innovations Tidbits
June 2011 Caroline Ridgway
The Freedom Rings Partnership: Community-Focused Collaboration
January 2013 Ashley Del Bianco and Kate Rivera
Innovations in Education: It Starts with a Conversation
April 2011 Nicholas Torres and Tine Hansen-Turton Co-founders, Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal
Social Innovations Tidbits
January 2011 Caroline Ridgway
Can The National Center on Time & Learning Bring Longer Schools Days to One Million Students?
April 2011 Steven H. Goldberg
Overview and Introduction to the Education Reform in the 21st Century
April 2011 Rachel Meadows and Michael Clark
Educational Vocational Models for Building Workforce Competencies
April 2011 Penny Kardon, Jayne Siniari, and Cynthia Jobe
The Rise of K–12 Blended Learning
April 2011 Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker With contributions from Alex Hernandez, Bryan Hassel, and Joe Albeidinger
Disrupting College: How Disruptive Innovation Can Deliver Quality and Affordability to Postsecondary Education
April 2011 Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, Louis Caldera, and Louis Soares Published with the Center for American Progress
Social Innovations Tidbits
August 2010 Caroline Ridgway
Food-and-Farm Philanthropy Locally and Nationally: Ready to Take Bold Steps to Effect Big Change
May 2010 Debra E. Blum
High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality: Focus on High-Need Secondary Students
April 2011 Kate Barrett, Katherina Rosqueta, Katherine Hovde, Zehua Li Hahn
Measuring Student Proficiency and Creating Capacity: The Move Toward End-of-Course Exams in Pennsylvania
April 2011 Frank D. Grossman
A Lifeguard Downstream: The Need for Innovation in Educating Working Learners
April 2011 David Castro
Creating Social Entrepreneurs: The Catalyst for Reform of Public Education
April 2011 Kristy Hebert
Bringing a Public Voice to the School Governance Debate: The Campaign for Better Schools and Mayoral Control in New York City
April 2011 Eva Gold, Elaine Simon, Deborah Good, Jeffrey Henig & Megan Silander
The Free Public Library’s Role in Education
April 2011 Siobhan Reardon
Social Innovations Tidbits
May 2010 Caroline Ridgway
Better Recess for a Better School Experience: West Philadelphia Recess Initiative
April 2011 Kay Yoon and Justin Piff
Creating Enriched Service Environments in the Community: Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Adult Day Center
May 2010 Nora Dowd Eisenhower & Ashley Humienny
New Growers Alliance Is Another Link in the Local Food Chain
May 2010 Brian Baughan
School-Based Health Care for Student Success
April 2011 Elizabeth Porth Polizzi
Child Care, the Other Education System
April 2011 Sharon Easterling
Creating Diverse Networks to Foster Social Innovation in the New New Orleans
May 2010 Nathan Rothstein
Widening the Circle of our Concern – Public Perceptions of the School District of Philadelphia’s Response to Intergroup Conflicts
April 2011 Kay Kyungsun Yu
The Community Design Collaborative: Connecting Dreamers and Designers
May 2010 Bernard Brown and Haley Loram
Medical-Legal Partnership|Philadelphia: Meeting Basic Needs and Reducing Health Disparities by Integrating Legal Services into the Healthcare Setting
May 2010 Ellen Lawton, Ben Beck-Coon, and Abby Fung
Using Income-Generating Activities to Educate Students for a Global Economy through 100% Market-Driven Education
February 2010 Mary Liz Kehler, Luis Fernando Sanabria, and Paul Teeple
Frontline Staff as Social Innovators
February 2010 Luz Santana and Dan Rothstein
Financing Public Education: Tax Increment Financing
April 2011 Bill Green
Is 2010 the Year We Will See Ineffective Nonprofits Go Away?
February 2010 Jeff Mason
What Kids Deserve
April 2011 Tony Payton, Jr.
Redefining the Role of Teachers and Their Unions in Reform Efforts
April 2011 Claire Robertson-Kraft
Cause Marketing: An Innovative Fundraising Model
February 2010 Meg Rayford
Learning to Share: Filling Empty School Seats by Coordinating Facilities Planning
April 2011 Jackie Buhn
English-Language Access for Philadelphia’s Spanish Speakers: A Simple Innovation to Reduce Juvenile Justice Placements?
February 2010 Sam Rhoades
Introducing Lean for Nonprofits
February 2010 Kennard T. Wing
A Voice and a Choice for Students with Special Needs
April 2011 Nofre Vaquer
Achieving Better Results Through Shared Leadership
October 2009 Umi Howard
Capitalizing on the Strengths of Practitioners, Researchers, and Universities to Produce Top-Quality Teachers
April 2011 Patricia Morgan Roberts
Reforming the Education Conversation
April 2011 Lisa J. Nutter
Corporate Support for Philadelphia Public Schools
April 2011 Don Haskin
Applying New Disruptive Power to an Old Problem: How Innovative Entrepreneurialism Is Helping to Fix Health Care
October 2009 Caroline Ridgway
Preparing Better Teachers by Improving the Student Teaching Semester
April 2011 Linda Katz and Cameron Voss
For-profit Businesses with Nonprofit Ideals: An Experiment that Works at RHD
October 2009 Bob Fishman
The New Wave of Education Reform in Philadelphia: Change We Can Believe In?
April 2011 Shelly Yanoff and Debra Weiner
How Legislative Reforms Will Transform Schools in Pennsylvania
April 2011 Jeanne Allen
KIPP Open Book: Transparency and Accountability in Schools
April 2011 Marc Mannella
Developing a Talent Mindset
April 2011 Mamie Doyle
Building the Next Generation of Philadelphia’s Leaders
April 2011 Heather Frattone and Rebecca Maltzman
Giving Parents a Choice, Giving Children a Chance
April 2011 Evie McNiff
What Works & What Doesn't Work

Presents an in-depth analysis of a management challenge faced by a nonprofit, a socially responsible business or a government agency

PIDC and Weavers Way Co-op: Bringing a Co-op Retail Store to Chestnut Hill
December 2014 Glenn Bergman, General Manager, Weavers Way Co-op
Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships: A New Path in University and Community Relationship Building
December 2014 Jennifer Britton
Cooking Up Success: The Enterprise Center-CDC and Leveraging the Food Industry for Community Development
December 2014 Brett Heeger
Development at the Allegheny Senior Community: NewCourtland’s Innovative Model of Combining Housing with Supportive Services Enables Philadelphia Seniors to Age in Place
December 2014 Mike Hagarty
Healing Hurt People
July 2014 Theodore Corbin, Linda Rich and John Rich
Building Sustainability for the Next Two Hundred Years: An Interview with the CEO of America’s Oldest Private Psychiatric Hospital
August 2014 Michael Wong
Public Health Management Corporation’s Role as OST Administrative Entity
June 2014 Wendy-Anne Roberts-Johnson, Tom Roman, and Farrah Parkes
A Collaborative Effort: Providing Out of School Time Programs in Philadelphia Public Schools
June 2014 Marleen Livingstone
The Context and Content in After School Literacy
June 2014 Bill Richards
Play On, Philly!: Music as a Tool for Life and Learning
June 2014 Ashley Feuer-Edwards and Tiffany Thurman
Philadelphia Implements Healthy Living Guidelines for Out-of-School Time Programs through Collaborative System Change
June 2014 Robin Rifkin, M.S.; Health Promotion Council
21st Century Community Learning Center Evaluations: A Citywide Perspective
June 2014 Tracy Hartman, Brittan Hallar, and Jian Gao
Leveraging Community Partnerships to Improve Graduation Rates
June 2014 Kasey Thompson, Laura Johnson and Pierre LaRocco
Statewide Quality and Outcomes Assessment
June 2014 Kasey Thompson and Kacy Conley
Legacy Youth Tennis and Education
June 2014 Kenny Holdsman and Ben Hirsh
Out-of-School into the Workforce: An Innovative Approach to Extended Day Learning
June 2014 Lenora T. Felder
Program Identity: Promoting Entrepreneurship for Older Youth
June 2014 Lenora T. Felder
Building Capacity to Integrate Science into Afterschool, Home, and Community
June 2014 Anna Padget-Crocker
Hiring OST Staff: Doing A Lot With A Little
June 2014 Richard Amoako
Classroom Management in the Out-of-School Time Setting
June 2014 Samantha Saldana-Curet
Using Data to Inform an OST Continuous Quality Improvement Process
June 2014 Jennifer Duncan
Using Youth Culture to Develop Youth Leadership
June 2014 Timiya Clark
Using Design-Thinking to Support Content Delivery in Project-Based Learning
June 2014 Tyler Richendollar
Incorporating Family Engagement in Middle School Out-of-School Time Programs
June 2014 Amy Stoner and James Kerrigan
What’s The Future of Behavioral Health? The Four Megatrends That Are Driving Innovation
April 2014 Monica Oss
On the Front Lines: At Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC)
April 2014 Caryn Gratz, MSS, LSW and Beth Shuman, MSW, LCSW
Bringing Evidence-Based Practice to Community Based Behavioral Health: The Beck Initiative
April 2014 Torrey A. Creed, Arthur C. Evans and Aaron T. Beck
Designing Person-Centered, Innovative Health Care: Integration or Parity?
April 2014 Patricia Gerrity, Ph.D., RN, FAAN and Lindsay M. Edwards, MA, R-DMT
A Journey Toward Full Integration: The Abbottsford Falls Community Health Center
April 2014 Donna L. Torrisi, MSN, FAAN
The Philadelphia Primary Care Behavioral Health Network: Integrating Care, Practice, Workforce and Advocacy
April 2014 Suzanne Daub and Natalie Levkovich
Behavioral Health: Where Have We Been, Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
April 2014 Richard Cohen
Scattergood Foundation Design Challenge
April 2014 Gregory Caplan and Teresa Moore
Stigma Reduction in Philadelphia
April 2014 Timothy Clement
The Holistic Healthcare Safety Net System: Pennsylvania’s Next Frontier
April 2014 Russell Johnson
The Innovation of Peer Support at MHASP
April 2014 Jake Bowling, MSW, and Susan Rogers
EduCon
February 2014 Chris Lehmann
The LAYC Career Academy: College and Career Success for Opportunity Youth in the Nation’s Capital
February 2014 Nicole Hanrahan and Diana Peacock
Creating a Culture Where Devices Complement Learning
February 2014 John Swoyer
Building the Missing Link between the Common Core and Improved Learning: How a state, a school district and a technical assistance provider are using their best resource—teachers—to implement the Common Core standards for improved teaching and learning
February 2014 Amy Coe Rodde and Lija McHugh
A Threefold Plan for Trainers and Educators in Today’s Diverse Learning Environments
February 2014 Robert DeFinis and C. Anne Williamson
Going to Scale: The Challenge of Replicating Innovative and Proven School Designs
February 2014 Nicholas Torres
Fostering Innovation: How the Education Sector Can Learn from Health Care
February 2014 Tine Hansen-Turton
Opportunities, Obstacles and Outcomes in Educational Gaming: Teaching to the Common Core, 21st Century Skills and Beyond
February 2014 Cat McManus, Rachel Ebby-Rosin, and Barbara Kurshan
Re-Innovating Government: Still the City of Firsts
November 2013 Rich Negrin
Public Innovation: The Opportunity and the Challenge
November 2013 David Thornburgh
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation - Summary
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn-Burke and Andrea McGrath
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation - About the Series
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn-Burke, and Andrea McGrath
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 1): Mechanics, Partners and Clusters
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn Burke and Andrea McGrath
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 2): Framework for an Innovative Jurisdiction
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn-Burke and Andrea McGrath
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 3): Assessment and Implementation
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn-Burke, and Andrea McGrath
Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 3): Assessment and Implementation: ASSESSMENT TOOL
November 2013 Gigi Georges, Tim Glynn-Burke and Andrea McGrath
The Public/Philanthropic Partnership: The Your Way Home Montgomery County Story
November 2013 Russell Johnson
A Philadelphia Social Innovation Becomes a Movement: Graduate! Philadelphia and the Graduate! Network
June 2013 Hadass Sheffer
Building a Pipeline to Postsecondary Success: A Promising Workforce and Education Initiative Takes Root in California
June 2013 Vivian Figueredo
The New Human Services Industry: Changing the World for the Profit or For the Better?
January 2013 Arianne Sellers
Finding Ways to Serve the MS Community Better
January 2013 Yarissa Reyes
Merger Myths
January 2013 Thomas A. McLaughlin
Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowships
January 2013 Susan Lum Heckrotte
A World Class Future Built on Trust
January 2013 Steve Wray
Sustainable Job Creation for America’s Youth: Why It Should be Everyone’s Concern
June 2013 Michael Wong
Put the money in your mission: How leveraging shared services can reduce the business costs of running a nonprofit
January 2013 Tivoni Devor
Disruptive Technologies for Nonprofit Enterprise Growth: Options for When Your Organization Does Not Possess the Technical Core Competencies to Leverage Such Assets
January 2013 Michael Wong
Affiliation Basics, the Public Health Management Corporation Story…
January 2013 Richard Cohen and Tine Hansen-Turton
When Our Networks Need Networks: Designing A New Infrastructure for Collaboration and Collective Impact in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
January 2013 Jason D. Alexander
The Emerging Market for Nonprofit Control: Business Model Implications
January 2013 J. Kevin Fee
Special Needs Dentistry: Elwyn’s Dental Home for Supporting Oral Health
January 2013 Elliott W. Simon and Karen Helker
Social Media and Senior Citizens
June 2013 R. David Johnson
Building a Culture of Collaboration
January 2013 Ashley Tobin
FreshRX: A Case Study in Disruptive Diligence
January 2013 Ann Hoskins-Brown
The Independence Foundation’s Nurse-managed Health Care Funding Initiative: Funding Strategies and History
October 2012 Eunice S. King
Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts
October 2012 Jennifer Bohnenberger
Current UK Initiatives to Put Young People to Work
June 2013 Jon Huggett
Analyzing the Global Frontiers in Education for Work: New Principles for Enabling Innovation
June 2013 Amelia Peterson and Valerie Hannon
A Way Out
June 2013 Ali Khan
Independence Foundation New Theatre Works Initiative
October 2012 Jennifer Bohnenberger
Impact Investing: Financial, Social, Environmental
October 2012 Clifford David
Revitalizing Communities, One Neighborhood at a Time: The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Neighborhood Grants Program
October 2012 Crystal Dundas
Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations: The Case of the Green House Project
October 2012 Jane Isaacs Lowe
Making it Easier to Identify Top, High-Impact Nonprofits
October 2012 Cynthia W. Massarsky
The IBC Foundation: Investing in Innovation for a Healthier Community
February 2012 Daniel J. Hilferty and Lorina Marshall-Blake
Friends Life Care: Helping Make Sense of Long-Term Care Planning
February 2012 Carol Barbour
Project Success: Connecting Young Adults with Aspergers with Meaningful Employment
February 2012 Jamie Kelly, Jacqueline Starr and Mara Natkins
Building a Coordinated System of Care: A Cross-Agency Response for Effective Services
February 2012 Annabella Roig
Infill Philadelphia: Promoting the Importance of Quality Design in the Community Development Field
February 2012 Gertrude Spilka and Vivian Figueredo
The Patient Provider Shared Decision Making Project: A Pilot to Evaluate the Use of Healthcare Decision Aids Among Patients Living in Poverty
September 2011 Michael Clark and Nancy Rothman
Illness Management and Recovery for People with Mental Illness and Intellectual Disabilities
September 2011 Marian Baldini and Nina B. Korsh
Congreso de Latinos Unidos: Establishing Primary Care Services in Eastern North Philadelphia
September 2011 Jennifer Atlas and Waleska Maldonado
MANNA: An example of mission expansion done right
September 2011 Matan Barnea, Hadiyah N. Muhammad and Keri Salerno
Maximizing Participation Project (MPP): A Model for Engaging Medically Exempt TANF Recipients in Health and Employment
September 2011 Jeff Booth, Mark Davis, Latoyra Johns and Cynthia Jobe
Health Promotion Council’s Slice of Innovativeness in the Public Health Landscape
September 2011 Vanessa Briggs
Using Evidence-based Programs to Get Beyond High-Cost Medical Care for an Aging Population
September 2011 Nancy Chernett
The Ins and Outs: INnovating through OUTsourcing
September 2011 Richard J. Cohen
El ABC de la Cultura Justa (The ABC of the Just Culture): The path to building a dependable organization
September 2011 Alejandro Alfonso Díaz
The Roadmap to Food Equity: The Gap in the U.S. Food System
September 2011 Quinney D. Harris, Ann Hoskins-Brown, and Jan Shaeffer
Washington, D.C.: A National Model for Lead Poisoning Prevention and Healthy Housing
September 2011 Angela Wyan and Ralph Scott
Transformative Organizational Change through Hybrid Capacity-Building: The North Penn Experiment
June 2011 Russell Johnson and Peter York
Improving Core Capacity Through Agency Transformation: A Case study: Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, PA (MCHC)
June 2011 Pamela Bryer, and Barbara Fitzgerald-Turner
Priorities for a New Decade: Making (More) Social Programs Work (Better)
June 2011 Nadya K. Shmavonian
Corporate Partners Council: Public Private Partnerships
June 2011 Robert Meyer, Katherine Shinholster and Cynthia Jobe
Enterprising For Income and Lasting Change: It’s About Becoming Sustainable
May 2011 Michael R. Hess
The Supervision to Aid Reentry (STAR) Program: Helping Previously Incarcerated Federal Prisoners Succeed in Transitioning Back to the Community
March 2011 Jamie M. Ware
People to People Citizen Ambassador Program’s South Africa Experience: The Nutritional Health and Wellness Delegation
March 2011 Vanessa Briggs and Rita Mitchell
Surfing the Tsunami of New Career Paths
January 2011 Michael Wong
Changing Gears: How Public Health Management Corporation Integrates Health Promotion into Substance Abuse Treatment
January 2011 Leslie Hurtig and Carlos Hernandez
Students Run Philly Style: Building a Culture of Success
January 2011 Amanda Karpeuk and Lauren Monks
Philadelphia’s Changing Schools and What Parents Want from Them
October 2010 Tom Ferrick Jr. and Laura Horwitz
Billy Beane and Outcomes: What Can Baseball Tell the Nonprofit World About Measures and Measurement?
August 2010 Ken Berger & Robert M. Penna
Talent and Networks Drive Economic Development
July 2010 Rich Bendis
The Department of Human Services’ Education Support Center: A Public/Private Partnership
May 2010 Cynthia Figueroa, Liza M. Rodriguez & Keri Salerno
Toward a 21st-Century Workforce: The Job Opportunity Investment Network
May 2010 Seth Green
Nonprofit Board Leadership: An Essential Ingredient for High-Impact Nonprofits
May 2010 Tom McKenna
Engaged Americans Want Philanthropic Foundations to Be Innovative and Speak Up About It
May 2010 Courtney Spalding-Mayer
Data as the Critical Driver of College Access and Success Partnerships
May 2010 Meg Long, Sarah Singer Quast, and Justin Piff
Options in Leadership Transition
May 2010 Laura Otten
A Means to Assess Social Investment Risk – and a Plea on Behalf of the People who Need Nonprofit Organizations to Deliver the Value they Promise
May 2010 David E. K. Hunter
The Battle for the Soul of the Nonprofit Sector
May 2010 Ken Berger, Robert M. Penna, and Steven H. Goldberg
The Death of Planning?
May 2010 Shelly Kessler
The Bridgespan Group 2010 Knowledge Letter
January 2010 The Bridgespan Group
Social Innovations Tidbits
January 2010 Caroline Ridgway
On the Money: How Traditional Grantmaking Practices Challenge the Innovative Impulses of Nonprofit Leaders
January 2010 Nancy Burd
Getting It Right in 2010: Ensuring a Proper Count in the U.S. Census
January 2010 Brian Baughan
Sourcing a Solution
January 2010 Lana Price
Why Magic Bullets May Miss the Mark
January 2010 Feather O'Connor Houstoun
Economy Not Key In Residents' Love For Philadelphia
October 2009 Trabian Shorters
Improving Client Service Quality: Supervisors Mastering the Art of Integrating Facts with Values
October 2009 Paul DiLorenzo
The End of Charity: How to Fix the Nonprofit Sector Through Effective Social Investing
October 2009 David E. K. Hunter
Louisiana is First State in the Nation to Launch an Institute to Incubate Innovative Social Programs
October 2009 Sara Brenner and Brooke Smith
Comparing Apples and Oranges: How to Identify High-Performing Organizations
October 2009 Jeff Mason
The Birth of a Fourth Sector
October 2009 Richard J. Cohen and Tine Hansen-Turton
Leadership

Relates the experiences of a provoking and credible leader in a nonprofit, a socially responsible business, or a government agency.

Leading Transactions and Driving Economic Growth: John Grady at PIDC
December 2014 Jizhe Yang
People – Not Just Technology – Drive Urban Economic Development
December 2014 Michael Wong
Leading Through Transition: Common Goal, Different Approach
February 2014 Laura Banos, Monica Bennett and R. Perry Bloomsfield
An Interview with Kate Shaw from Research for Action
February 2014 Pragya Verma
An Interview with Lisa Nutter, President of Philadelphia Academies, Inc.
February 2014 Ilana Weiz
An Interview with the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Siobhan Reardon
February 2014 Erin O’Connell
In Their Own Words… Ken Trujillo
June 2011 Anne Saporito
Shared Leadership: A Profile on Linda Katz
June 2011 Rebecca Maltzman and Shara D. Taylor
Jeff Brown, UpLift Solutions, and Leadership
June 2011 R.J. Bernocco, Rebecca Cashman & Ian Cohan-Shapiro
A Chat about Inglis House’s Present and Future with President and CEO Gavin Kerr
June 2011 Emily Stiebel
Creating Generational Win-Wins: A Call for a Cross-Generational Leadership Needs Assessment in the Social Sector
January 2011 Philadelphia Social Innovations Young Professionals Editorial Contributors
In Their Own Words . . . Sharmain Matlock-Turner
January 2011 Tine Hansen-Turton, Nicholas Torres, and Anna King
A Family Planning Legend Moves On to Support the Next Generation
January 2011 Tine Hansen-Turton and Nicholas Torres
In Their Own Words . . . Ernest Jones
January 2011 Tine Hansen-Turton and Nicholas Torres
What Is a Social Entrepreneur, Really
August 2010 David Castro
In Their Own Words… Jeff Brown
May 2010 Anne Saporito
A Chat about Innovation and the Region with Rob Wonderling, President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
May 2010 Tine Hansen-Turton and Nicholas Torres
In Their Own Words… Joe Pyle
February 2010 Anne Saporito
The Philadelphia Connector Project
October 2009 Liz Dow
In Their Own Words… Susan Sherman
October 2009 Anne Saporito
Exploring the Dimensions of the Nonprofit Leader
October 2009 Anne Saporito
Columns

Features future trends within the social sector by cutting edge thought provoking leaders.

The Issue: Moving From STEM Engagement to Motivation to Persist
June 2014 Jamie M. Bracey, PhD
A Bold Hypothesis: Will Thinking Lean Save the School District of Philadelphia
June 2014 Dominique Aubry
Does Blended Learning Offer A Realistic Solution to Projected Job Losses?
February 2014 Michael Wong
The End of Schools
February 2014 David Castro
Watching Dr. Hite Succeed
February 2014 Elizabeth Dow
Thinking Clearly About Public/Private Partnerships
November 2013 David Castro
The Philanthropy Column
November 2013 Teresa Araco Rodgers and Maya Sharma
Can Government Leaders Drive Innovation for your Social Enterprise?
November 2013 Michael Wong
Sustaining Sustainability: Interview with Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia
November 2013 Martha Heuser, Erin Nowak and Tiffany Thurman
The Building Blocks of Innovation: Establishing a Culture of Creativity in Philadelphia City Government
November 2013 Lindsey Keck, Ashley Del Bianco and Andrew Buss
Philadelphia Police Department Mapping and Analysis Application
November 2013 Grant Ervin
Finding Peace with Parking: A Symbolic Change
November 2013 Eryn Santamoor and Jeff Friedman
Driving Innovation and Civic Engagement with Open Data
November 2013 Mark Headd
Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia: Fighting Crime with Redemption and Hope
November 2013 Bryan Lentz and Andrew Wellbrock
Innovation in Preparedness
November 2013 Edward Vassallo, Samantha Phillips, and Joan Przybylowicz
Mural Arts on Social Practice
May 2012 Jane Golden
The Philanthropy Column: Arts & Culture
May 2012 Teresa Araco Rodgers
Inventing Better Problems
February 2012 David Castro
Pursuing New Revenue Growth Strategies for 2012
February 2012 Michael Wong
The Philanthropy Column: Community Impact
February 2012 Teresa Araco Rodgers
Changing the Paradigm for Recovery: A New Approach to Behavioral Health and Community Building
September 2011 Jane Golden and Kevin Roche, Mural Arts Program
The Philanthropy Column
September 2011 Teresa Araco Rodgers
Is Robotics a Potential Answer to America’s Looming Healthcare Crisis?
September 2011 Michael Wong
Using "This I Believe" to Build Leadership Capacity
September 2011 Liz Dow
Personal Branding: How to Navigate Social Media
June 2011 Michael Wong
The Philanthropy Column
June 2011 Teresa Araco Rodgers
Mural Arts Next Steps: Creating a Narrative of Community Art to Preserve Cultural History, Locally and Beyond
May 2011 Jane Golden
The Next Gen: Leadership Succession—What Do the Old Owe the Young?
January 2011 Nancy Moses
Connectors
January 2011 Liz Dow
On Women Leaders and the Bryn Mawr Project
January 2011 Jane Golden
Connector Judy Wicks: A Farm-Fresh Approach to Innovation
May 2010 Liz Dow
The Mural Arts Program’s Restored Spaces Initiative: Engaging Philadelphia Youth in Multi-Faceted Community Enrichment
May 2010 Jane Golden
The Next Gen: In Search of Sustainability
May 2010 Nancy Moses
Why Effective Nonprofit Board Governance Is a Necessity
May 2010 R. Andrew Swinney
Next Gen Nonprofits: Measuring the Mission
February 2010 Nancy Moses
Motivating Social Innovators
February 2010 Liz Dow
The Mural Arts: A Solution to Healing and Restoring People who go through the Criminal Justice System
February 2010 Jane Golden
The Next Gen: Holidays 2009
December 2009 Nancy Moses
Nominated Innovations
Innovation Responds: Red Paw Emergency Relief
December 2013 Matan Barnea, Erin Nowak and Megan Trainer
Supporting Social Innovation in our Region Through Fiscal Sponsorship
December 2013 Ashley Feuer-Edwards and TJ Hurst
GO! Athletes: Using Personal Narratives to Overcome Homophobia in Sports
December 2013 Carlos Hernandez, Lypheng Kim and Mie Sara Lai
Startup Corps: Solution Driven, Student Approved
December 2012 Hadiyah N. Muhammad
Sink or Swim: Using Crowdfunding to Support the Uninsured
December 2012 Ashley Feuer-Edwards, Carlos Hernandez, and Megan Trainer
Limelight Arts: Applying a Holistic Approach to Arts Education
December 2012 LaShawn Anthony and Shawn Martin
Funsavers Filling a Gap
May 2012 Mie-Sara Lai and Keri Salerno
Slought Foundation: Fostering Unhindered Dialogue Through Adaptability
May 2012 Iris Leon and Rebekah Rosenfeld
The Jazz Bridge Project: A Medley of Advocacy and Aid
May 2012 Hadiyah N. Muhammad
Cultural Data Project: Measuring the Impact of the Arts
May 2012 Shawn Martin and Rebecca McElroy
Naveguemos con Salud: Providing Comprehensive Breast Health Support for Philadelphia Latinas
February 2012 Carlos Hernandez, Hadiyah N. Muhammad and Tinesha Banks
Sunday Suppers: Creating Behavioral Change through the “Power of Family Meals”
February 2012 Joseph Boxman and Martha Heuser
PolicyMap: An Innovative Data Collection and Analysis Tool for all Sectors
February 2012 Linshuang Lu, Christina Miller and Sarah Singer Quast
Nominated: Creative Health Services
September 2011 Cunningham, Patrick Hoffman, and Maryrose Mytertus
Spotlight on: Women for Social Innovation
May 2011 Ashley B. Berendt, Sandra Dewi Jacob, and Cornelia Thuerbach
Nominated: Motivos magazine
January 2011 Anthony Shapella
In Their Own Words… Beth Dahle
June 2011 Anne Saporito
Nominated: Library Build
January 2011 Donna E.M. Bailey and Karen Conaghan Race
Nominated: Hydros Bottle
January 2011 Emily Allen and Sandra Dewi Jacob
Book Reviews
Cultivating the Next Generation of Leadership Talent
November 2013 Lesley Mallow Wendell and Priscilla Rosenwald
Book Review: Genership 1.0, A New Word for a New Leadership Practice
January 2013 Phillip Thomas
"The Tao of Twitter" by Mark W. Schaefer. 96 pages. Published by Create Space, a division of Amazon Publishing (2011).
October 2012 Jason Love
"Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds" by Scott Berkun. 195 pages. Published by Berkun Media, LLC (October 2011).
February 2012 Jason Love
"Evil Plans: On the Road to World Domination" by Hugh MacLeod, 192 pages Published by Portfolio/Penguin February 17, 2011
May 2011 Jason Love
“Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators” by Clay Shirky, Penguin Books (2010), 242 pages
September 2011 Jason Love
“The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” by Nicholas Carr, W. W. Norton & Company, June pages.
March 2011 Jason Love
The Power of Social Innovation: How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good
May 2010 Tine Hansen-Turton
Perspectives and Predictions
Interview: The Dynamic Duo Behind Connecting and Shaping Future Leaders
January 2013 Liz Dow and Chris Satullo
Philanthropy Column
October 2012 Teresa Araco Rodgers
Innovations in Philanthropy: New and Old Foundations Learning from Each other with Place-Based Giving and Place-Based Investing
October 2012 Keneta Anderson
Collaborations: A Key To Impact
October 2012 Amanda S. Aronoff and Jennifer Leith
Collective Giving: Democratizing Philanthropy Through Collaborative Funding
October 2012 Beth Burrell and Mary Broach
Program-Related Investments: An Accountant’s Point of View
October 2012 Antoinette Cristella
The globalislocal Fund: A Hands-On Approach to Impact Philanthropy
October 2012 Elizabeth Wallace Ellers and Jane Firth
Give More Than Money, Get More Than Thanks
October 2012 Christine Jacobs
It’s All About Impact
October 2012 Debra Kahn
Case Study: Depaul USA and Social Franchising
October 2012 Charles Levesque
Can Philanthropy Get into the Shared Space Game?
October 2012 Joe Pyle and Jennie Sparandara
Interview with The Center for High Impact Philanthropy: Kat Rosqueta and Carol McLaughlin
October 2012 Teresa Araco Rodgers
The Doer Donor Relationship: Interview with Scott Gordon and Brook J. Lenfest
October 2012 Teresa Araco Rodgers
The Regional Infrastructure to Attract and Support Nonprofit Innovation
October 2012 Noble Stafford and Matt Joyce
The Transformative Possibilities of Nonprofit Collaboration
January 2013 Annette Mattei and Bill Hangley, Jr.
A Philadelphia CleanTech Start-Up Story: Interview with Social Entrepreneur, Elinor Haider, CEO of NovaThermal Energy
October 2012 Susan Stavish
Creating the Perfect Storm
January 2013 Tine Hansen-Turton and Nick Torres
Playworks: Scaling a Great Idea
October 2012 Jill Vialet and Marjorie Nightingale
Impactful Corporate Philanthropy Comes from Within
October 2012 Sue West
Still Crazy (About Being Partners) After All These Years
January 2013 Phil Goldsmith and Debra Kahn
The Sage Partners
January 2013 Barbara Beck and Sharon Gallagher
From Implication to Innovation: 2011 Portfolio and Lessons From the Field
May 2012 Julie Hawkins and Tom Kaiden
The African American Museum in Philadelphia: Performance-based Programming and Innovative Approaches in Reaching New Audiences
May 2012 Patricia Wilson Aden and Romona Riscoe Benson
No Ground beneath our Feet: Arts Education in a Digital Age
May 2012 Sean Buffington
A syllogism for 21st Century Center City Philadelphia
May 2012 Evelyn Eskin
The Future of Arts and Culture in Philadelphia
May 2012 Kaci M. Fannin
The Arts Transforming Cities; Cities Transforming the Arts
May 2012 Meryl Levitz
Board Building for Arts and Cultural Organizations: New Challenges and Approaches
May 2012 Priscilla M. Luce
Philadelphia’s Art Galleries in the Age of the Recession… The New Model!
May 2012 Florcy Morisset
Public Arts, Meet Professional Practices
May 2012 Ellen Owens
Northern Exposure: Growing Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts North
May 2012 Blondell Reynolds Brown
The Connection Between Philadelphia’s Demographics and its Cultural Sector
May 2012 Gary Steuer
How Philly Moves: New Possibilities in Community-based Public Art
May 2012 JJ Tiziou
Placemaking 101
May 2012 Paul vanMeter and Leah Murphy
Three Recession Results That Can Benefit Nonprofits
May 2012 Rachel Dukeman
County Arts Councils are the Way to Go
May 2012 Bob Butera
Arts and Public Health
Foreword
May 2012 Marjorie Bowman and Wendy Voet
Bringing HIV, Substance Abuse and Homelessness into the University of Pennsylvania Anthropology Museum through Photo-Ethnography
May 2012 Philippe Bourgois
A Place to Call Home: Public Art as a Tool for Housing Advocacy
May 2012 Carolyn C. Cannuscio, Eva Bugos, Katie Kellom, Shimrit Keddem, Shari Hersh, Jane Golden, and Elizabeth FitzGerald
Our Stories, Our Health: Media Partnership with Multiethnic Elder Communities
May 2012 Giang T. Nguyen, Ethan T. Nguyen, Elaine J. Yuen, Craig Santoro, Tina Kluetmeier and Thoai Nguyen
Witnesses to Hunger: Changing the Dialogue on Hunger and Poverty through Photography and Testimony
May 2012 Jenny Rabinowich, Barbara Izquierdo and Mariana Chilton
Using Theatre to Engage People in Public Health Discourse that Inspires Real-World Change
May 2012 Seth Rozin
Wounded Warriors and the Healing Power of Stories: How Veterans’ Narratives Can Help Us Understand and Address the Public Health Impacts of War
May 2012 Gala True, Robert Patrick and Samuel J. Console
Sampling my Suitcase of Spoken Word
May 2012 Antronette (Toni) Yancey
Introductions | Forwards
Innovate or Perish? The School District of Philadelphia
February 2014 Paul Kihn
Education Transformation: From One Size Fits All to Student-Centered Learning
February 2014 Susan Patrick
Is K–12 Blended Learning Disruptive?
February 2014 Heather Staker and Michael B. Horn
Special Edition | Winter 2014
Dear Reader:
December 2013 Nicholas Torres and Tine Hansen-Turton


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