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Knowledge Connect

Knowledge Connect logoKnowledge Connect is a quarterly literature review of the latest thinking on social impact, providing summaries of publications noteworthy to social sector leaders and innovators. We present both critical and supportive perspectives of current practices from a broad range of international sources. 

 

Luncheon seminars are held to facilitate discussion on the topic covered in each issue. Thanks to JBWere who host these popular sessions. If you would like to be included in a future Knowledge Connect event please email csi@unsw.edu.au.

 

Highlights from each edition are below or visit the Knowledge Connect site here. 

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November 6, 2012
By Tracy Wilcox

In this edition of Knowledge Connect, edited by Tracy Wilcox, we consider some key ideas on leadership and systems thinking, ideas that have direct relevance to the social sector. Guest reviewer Mehreen Faruqi also revisits one of the seminal concepts driving systems thinking, Rittel and Webber’s idea of ‘wicked problems’.more

November 5, 2012
By Tracy Wilcox

No serious student of systems thinking can ignore the contributions of the late Donella Meadows. She is perhaps best known for her work on the Limits to Growth, and for the State of the Village Report; the latter inspiring the well-known Miniature Earth Project video.

November 4, 2012
By Tracy Wilcox

In this article, John Sterman from MIT, who has written widely on systems thinking, explores why policies to promote health and welfare can end up failing, or even exacerbating the problems they are meant to solve.

November 3, 2012
By Dr Mehreen Faruqi

The use of the term ‘wicked problem’ has recently become popular vernacular as a way of describing complex, multidimensional and interconnected social and environmental challenges such as climate change and global inequity.

November 2, 2012
By Hokyu Hwang

Although mission remains the front and centre, in the changed environment of privatised welfare, the increasing inflow of for-profit management and business practices has significantly transformed this once informal sector.

November 1, 2012
By Tracy Wilcox

While not strictly systems thinking, Matthew Taylor’s work is a compelling call to arms for the type of thinking and behaviour embodied in systems thinking approaches.

October 31, 2012
By Tracy Wilcox

This chapter forms part of a larger handbook on environmental leadership released this year, but many of the points Faruqi makes are equally applicable to the social sector.

August 1, 2012
By Gina Anderson

In this edition of Knowledge Connect we look at why philanthropy matters and review the different views on the issues of power, influence and accountability – the very issues that the philanthropy sector itself finds the most challenging. 

July 31, 2012
By Gina Anderson

In the September 2011 edition of Alliance Magazine, editor Caroline Hartnell, ran a special focus on ‘Living with the Gates Foundation’. Controversially the cover of the magazine showed a picture of a big gorilla, which was reprinted later in the magazine as a very direct reference to the Bill and Melinda Gates Found...more

July 30, 2012
By Gina Anderson

The September 2011 edition of Alliance magazine’s focus on  'Living with the Gates Foundation' attracted a fascinating array of Letters to the Editor.  

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KNOWLEDGE CONNECT ISSUE 15:

Why does philanthropy matter?

by Gina Anderson

 

In this edition of Knowledge Connect we look at why philanthropy matters and review different views on the issues of power, influence and accountability – the very issues that the philanthropy sector itself finds the most challenging.  W  

 

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KNOWLEDGE CONNECT ISSUE 11:

Philanthropy: Impact over intentions

by Elena Douglas and Paul Flatau, CSI (UWA)

 

In global philanthropy today we are seeing the emergence of a generation of philanthropists who value impact and effectiveness over intentions. These philanthropists are beginning to demand rigorous evidence bases to underpin their investment allocation decisions. And in doing so, they confront the problem of the gap between the theory of social impact measurement and the enormous practical difficulties in measuring social value in the real world setting. In this edition of Knowledge Connect, we examine the principal global forces guiding these changes in emphasis and link them to local Australian expressions. more


KNOWLEDGE CONNECT ISSUE 10 :

Social Impact Investing

by Kylie Charlton

 

Governments, third sector organisations and business are all beginning to re-examine the way in which they each contribute to finding, implementing and participating in solutions to address social and environmental challenges faced by our local and global communities.  As philanthropic and government capital is increasingly insufficient to address these challenges discussion more often than not is turning to market-led approaches. One such approach under exploration and gaining momentum around the world is social impact investing which aims to solve social and environmental challenges while generating financial profit. more


 

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