A December 15 recent radio broadcast on NPR highlighted the gap in how this country provides a social net for the poor. The “Hunger in America,” episode of On Point, hosted by Tom Ashbrook, featured guest Joel Berg, who is author of  the book “All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America” and Executive Director of the […]

On October 24, 2008, the Columbia School of Business held a conference titled “The Moment of Now: Market Innovations in Social Enterprise” to explore themes in the emerging sector of social enterprise. In this session on Cultivating Effective NGO-Business Partnerships, Gordon Peterson (second from left),  VP of Corporate Social Responsibility for The Timberland Company, squared […]