Social innovation is why Echoing Green exists. What is it? We quite like Phills, Deiglmeier & Miller’s definition in Stanford Social Innovation Review:

A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals.

Since our founding twenty-five years ago, social innovation has been the lens through which we think and work. Which is why this moment in time is so very exciting for us. Today, companies, foundations, design firms, investors, and even the White House are joining Echoing Green in championing social innovation as a primary means to solving the world's biggest problems in striking new ways.

The feed below features our latest thinking and activity on social innovation. We encourage you to add your voice to the conversation.

A New GOOD

Last week, our friends at GOOD launched a new website that aims to be a collaborative space to learn and take action to drive social change around the world. Read more.

Top 5 Videos from Social Good Summit

The Social Good Summit, a three-day conference where "big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions" to drive social change concluded tonight at New York City's 92Y and digitally around the world. Read More.

The Week in Social Innovation: 9/21/2012


We're excited to bring you our new Week in Social Innovation! Every week we'll give you a look at top headlines, along with a few other goodies. This week: more families join The Giving Pledge, GOOD launches a new platform, and Goldman Sachs jumps into impact investing. Read More

Notes from White House Forum on Philanthropy


Echoing Green President Cheryl L. Dorsey reflects on joining more than 150 leaders in philanthropy and finance at the White House for a meeting on innovation in philanthropy. Read More.

Revolution in the Motor City


Detroit is one of America’s great cities. Against the backdrop of abandoned factories, burned out houses and vacant lots you can also find an incredibly robust community of social innovators whose boldest ideas are transforming their city one day at a time. Read More.

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