Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is a magazine and website that covers cross-sector solutions to global problems. 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. With print and online articles, webinars, conferences, podcasts, and more, SSIR bridges research, theory, and practice on a wide range of topics, including human rights, impact investing, and nonprofit business models. SSIR is published by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University.

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Editor
  • Johanna Mair (academic editor)
  • Eric Nee (editor-in-chief)
  • David V. Johnson (deputy editor, print)
  • Marcie Bianco (editor)
  • Aaron Bady (editor)
  • Jenifer Morgan (contributing editor)
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CategoriesSocial innovation magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherStanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University
  • Michael Voss (Publisher)
  • Brian Karo (publishing and marketing manager)
  • Shayani Bose (publishing and marketing manager)
  • Christie Honoré (marketing coordinator)
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First issueSpring 2003[2]
CountryUnited States
Based inStanford, California
LanguageEnglish
Websitessir.org
ISSN1542-7099

The publication was founded in 2003 by the Center for Social Innovation (CSI), a Hewlett Foundation grantee[3] at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Now, SSIR receives about 2.5 million total unique visitors annually. Outside of the US, the site receives the most traffic from Canada, India, the UK, the Philippines, and Australia.

SSIR frequently publishes in-depth series[4] in partnership with organizations such as the Bridgespan Group, Mission Investors Exchange,[5] BBB's Give.org,[6] Third Sector Capital Partners, and The Communications Network.[7]

Mission

SSIR aims to advance, educate, and inspire the field of social innovation by seeking out, cultivating, and disseminating the best in research- and practice-based knowledge.[8]

History and impact

SSIR was launched in 2003 by the Center for Social Innovation (CSI) at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[9] Beginning in 2010, SSIR has been published at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS).[10]

Nonprofit terms such as the nonprofit starvation cycle[11] and collective impact[12][13][14] were first given prominence by SSIR in 2009 and 2011, respectively. The latter term was introduced by John Kania and Mark Kramar in their article "Collective Impact", and became the number two philanthropy buzzword for 2011, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. It has also been recognized by the White House Council for Community Solutions.[15]

Current activity

Since 2006, SSIR has hosted the annual Nonprofit Management Institute[16] conference, a multi-day conference for senior-level nonprofit executives.[17] In 2015, SSIR hosted its first annual Data on Purpose conference,[18][19] which was then combined with the Do Good Data conference in 2017.[20] In 2016, SSIR hosted the inaugural Frontiers of Social Innovation, a forum for global leaders.[21][22] SSIR has also hosted the "SSIR Live!" webinar series since 2009. On 10 March 2021 SSIR hosted a webinar on "Creating Impact in a Volatile World — Lessons Learned from the Front Lines",[23] moderated by Eric Nee, Editor-in-Chief SSIR. The presenters were Jim Bildner, CEO of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Kruti Bharucha, founder and CEO of Peepul India, Rebecca Taber Staehelin, cofounder and co-CEO of Merit America, Tatiana Garcia-Granados, cofounder and COO of The Common Market and Claire Chamberlain, managing director for Social Impact at Blackrock.

In 2017, SSIR launched a local-language partnership with the Leping Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, to produce copies of the magazine in book form translated into simplified Chinese.[24] In 2018, they added a South Korean edition in partnership with Hanyang University. Since then, they have added editions in Arabic and Spanish (in 2020), and Japanese (2021) with various partners.

Submission guidelines

SSIR seeks to present interesting, original, and important ideas about social innovation to leaders who can put those ideas to work. To that end, SSIR accepts submissions for six types of editorial articles (Book Review, Case Study, Feature, Field Report, Viewpoint, and What's Next) for their quarterly print edition. Additionally, SSIR Online accepts submissions of shorter works—typically of 1,200 to 2,000 words.[25]

Awards

SSIR has won several Maggie Awards for Best Quarterly (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)[26] and Best Web Publication (2016), Eddie Awards (2011, 2014),[27] an Ozzie Award for its website (2014), and Min's Best of the Web Award for Redesign (2013).[28]

References
  1. "SSIR Team". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. "Spring 2003". Stanford Social Innovation Review.
  3. "Hewlett Grantee Launches Stanford Social Innovation Review". Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  4. "Supplements | Stanford Social Innovation Review". ssir.org. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  5. "Announcing Our New Mission Possible Series in SSIR | Mission Investors Exchange". www.missioninvestors.org. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  6. "Advancing Collaboration - give.org". www.give.org. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  7. "Case Study: The Power of Convening for Social Impact". The Communications Network. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  8. "Overview | Stanford Social Innovation Review". ssir.org. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  9. "History of the Center for Social Innovation". gsb.stanford.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  10. "Interview with Kim Meredith, Executive Director of Stanford PACS & SSIR". Innov8Social. June 24, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  11. "The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle". Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  12. "The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle (SSIR)". ssir.org. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  13. "The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle: Can Penniless Charities Help the Hungry?". Fundraising Letters, Checklists, How Tos and Event Ideas. February 15, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  14. "Ending the Nonprofit Starvation Cycle". Hewlett Foundation. September 4, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  15. "Community Collaborative Whitepaper: A Promising Approach to Addressing America's Biggest Challenges" (PDF). Corporation for National and Community Service.
  16. "Nonprofit Management Institute". www.ssirinstitute.org. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  17. "Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World". Beth’s Blog. September 13, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  18. "Data on Purpose | Do Good Data 2017". Data on Purpose | Do Good Data 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  19. "Data storytellers share narrative tips at Data on Purpose conference". ijnet.org. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  20. "Reflections: Data on Purpose / Do Good Data". Digital Impact. May 11, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  21. "Frontiers of Social Innovation". Frontiers of Social Innovation. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  22. "Frontiers of Social Innovation". www.globalinnovationexchange.org. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  23. "Creating Impact in a Volatile World — Lessons Learned from the Front Lines (SSIR)". ssir.org. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  24. "SSIR Global". ssir.org. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  25. "Submission Guidelines". ssir.org. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  26. "MAGGIE Awards – Western Publishing Association". wpa-online.org. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  27. "2011 Folio: Award Winners Announced - Folio". Folio. November 1, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  28. "min's Best of the Web Award Winners Announced - min Online". min Online. April 15, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
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