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By Nicole Wallace

Employees of charities say being frank about unsuccessful technology projects provides others with important lessons to help avert similar failures.

Mission: Innovation

Mission: Innovation reports on nonprofits that are taking bold, new approaches to the way they work, explores what charities can learn from other disciplines, and provides advice from experts on how organizations can better foster new ideas.
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Helping Nonprofits Benefit From Fresh Ideas
Insight Labs, a nonprofit in Chicago, gathers outside experts to help charities think through tough questions.
New Fund to Promote Innovation in Philanthropy
The North Carolina group hopes the money will draw attention to new approaches to social problems and help it expand.
A Donor Helps Push Innovation at Wharton
A $2.7-million gift to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will push ideas from the classroom out to the real world.
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