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The winter edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review
is now
available online. The print version is just starting to arrive in
mailboxes across the country and around the world. Look for your copy
soon!
Highlights: Winter 2009 Issue
FEATUREs
Lobbying for Good
In their efforts to be socially responsible, most companies fail to
wield their most powerful tool: lobbying. Yet corporations such as Mary
Kay, Royal Dutch Shell, and General Motors are increasingly leveraging
their deep pockets, government contacts, and persuasive powers for the
cause of good. Not all kinds of socially responsible lobbying are
created equal, however. The authors discuss which forms are best for
companies and society.
The New Volunteer Workforce
Nonprofits rely heavily on volunteers, but most CEOs do a poor job of
managing them. As a result, more than one-third of those who volunteer
one year do not donate their time the next year—at any nonprofit. That
adds up to an estimated $38 billion in lost labor. To remedy this
situation, nonprofit leaders must develop a more strategic approach to
managing this overlooked and undervalued talent pool. The good news is
that new waves of retiring baby boomers and energetic young people are
ready to fill the gap.
Q&A
William Brindley—SSIR
managing editor Eric Nee spoke with NetHope's CEO, William Brindley,
about how international aid organizations can use information
technology to save lives .
Case study
In the Black with BRAC
Serving more than 110 million people per year, BRAC is the largest
nonprofit in the world. Yet it doesn't receive the most charitable
donations. Instead, BRAC's social enterprises generate 80 percent of
the organizations' annual budget. These revenues have allowed the
organization to develop, test, and replicate some of the world's most
innovative antipoverty programs.
The Latest From the SSIR Blog
Perla Ni:
Nonprofit Gift Cards Expected to Boom This Holiday Season
With five young neices and nephews, I've been yearning to find a way
to give them meaningful holiday presents (and avoid the malls). So I'm
thrilled to discover, as many Americans are doing this holiday, the
easy and creative option of giving charity gift cards. While many
people are trimming back their holiday spending, nearly half of
Americans said they are more likely to give a "charitable gift" as a
holiday present, according to Harris Interactive. People are buying
charity gift cards—cards redeemable as a donation towards a
nonprofit—for their relatives as holiday gifts. Corporations are buying
them for clients in appreciation of their business, or as employee
rewards. Many of them are customizing their own gift cards or creating
an e-gift card sent via email.
Here's some of the more popular nonprofit gift cards available. This is
not a comprehensive list—please chime in below and add others you've
heard about!
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