This summer marked the 25th year for the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) Program at HBS Executive Education. The field of social sector management research and education has experienced significant changes over the last 25 years. Here are some of our key takeaways. [...]

The Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University (PELP) is a joint initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard Business School, with a mission to improve the management and leadership competencies of public school leaders in order to drive greater educational outcomes. The program is led by faculty Co-Chairs John J-H Kim and Andrés Alonso. John J-H Kim is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School where he teaches the Social Innovation Lab, and created and teaches the second-year MBA course Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education. He also founded and leads District Management Group, a firm that partners with school districts to help them implement educational and management best practices. Andrés Alonso is Visiting Professor of Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he contributes to leadership programs such as the Doctorate in Educational Leadership and the Certificate for Advanced Education Leadership (CAEL). Dr. Alonso is a former CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools and deputy chancellor at New York City DOE. [...]

This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. Shridhar Venkat is the CEO of Akshaya Patra, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating classroom hunger in India. Shridhar participated in the HBS Executive Education Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program. In this post, he describes how he and his organization are pursuing social change. [...]

Chienye Ogwo, the CEO of Africa Initiative for Governance in Nigeria, is a lifelong learner who aspires to be at the cutting edge of her work. Seeking the knowledge and skills to maximize the impact she and her organization have on positive change, she attended the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program at Harvard Business School Executive Education. In this interview, she describes what she gained from attending the program. [...]

Brightside is an online mentoring nonprofit organisation based in the UK. Founded in 2003, Brightside is one of the largest online mentoring models, working with over 10,000 young people from low-income backgrounds throughout the UK every year. The organisation finds and trains mentors from across industries and leverages an online platform to connect them with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. [...]