The key word in this issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (Chinese Edition) is Collective Impact, for which a specially curated series of articles is presented. Collective Impact requires the combined efforts of the three institutions of government, business and civil society, and such an integrated strategy needs to be underpinned by a social consensus, otherwise it may not be grounded.
The development of a society is a process of constantly confronting old and new social problems, exploring new solutions. In this process, social innovation is also a global process of producing expertise. In this sense, while practical experience of social innovation is important, theoretical generalizations are equally important. Only when knowledge of social innovation is accumulated to a certain level can it truly have a meaningful collective impact.
INTRODUCTION
Leveraging Change for Good: Collective Impact
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EDITORIAL SELECTION: COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Worldly Strategy for the Global Climate
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Technical solutions are important to address climate change. However, we need to pay more attention to how the three sectors are strategically integrated across institutions. The authors of this paper describe this integration process as "worldly". Worldly businesspeople appreciate the pressures on government officials; worldly community actors understand that businesses need to be driven by commercial interests; worldly politicians realize the need for constructive consolidation of the efforts of all three sec- tors; and worldly people in all the sectors know how much they can learn from their counterparts in other parts of the world, poor as well as rich.
Elevating Community Authority in Collective Impact
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To achieve greater equity, we must yield to the decision-making authority of the communities we seek to help. StrivePartnership and other partnerships in the StriveTogether national network are enhancing collective impact to integrate and elevate the expertise and authority of those closest to the problems we’re trying to solve.
Self-Awareness and Collective Impact
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The New Birth of Dashilar - Innovative Practices of Collective Impact in the Conservation and Renewal of the Old City
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CASE STUDY
Clean Energy by the People, for the People
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After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, the “energy rebels” of Schönau, Germany, launched a grassroots revolution in the Black Forest to take control of their community’s power. Their creation, EWS, not only triggered the country’s transition to renewable energy but also demonstrated the need for grassroots democratic control of energy production.
FEATURES
The Upside of Conflict
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Too many organizations ignore or avoid addressing internal conflict. A healthy perspective on disagreement can increase resilience and spur needed innovation.
The Power of Letting Go
131
New research explores when top-down control works best in international development work, and when organizations should let employees in the field navigate challenges by using their own judgment.
SOCIAL INNOVATION IN EAST ASIA
Next-Generation Philanthropy
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These young philanthropists look at philanthropy in a very different way from their fathers did. In their view, it's not enough to just donate money: successful philanthropy requires a complete ecosystem.
BEST PRACTICE
When History Lessons Aren’t Enough
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NGO Aktion Courage spurs students’ activist energy to promote antiracist programming across Germany.
The Difference Curve
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Auticon aims to change society’s perception of people on the autism spectrum for the benefit of businesses and employees alike.
WHAT’S NEXT
Disrupting the Patriarchy
174
Developing a More Diverse AI
175
Capturing Emissions for Fish Food
175
VIEWPOINT
Time for a Three-Legged Measurement Stool
176
RESEARCH
Misremembering to Feel Better
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The Private Benefits of Corporate Social Initiatives
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How a Janitor Put a Man on the Moon
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Choosing the Best Charity
181
BOOKS
SSIR is written by and for social change leaders from around the world and from all sectors of society—nonprofits, foundations, business, government, and engaged citizens. SSIR’s mission is to advance, educate, and inspire the field of social innovation by seeking out, cultivating, and disseminating the best in research- and practice-based knowledge. SSIR is published by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) at Stanford University.
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