Collaborating after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Following the largest single act of social media fundraising, the ALS Association was faced with a “good crisis”—and a big challenge.
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Paying Schools for Success
Advocates of US charter schools argue their model promotes innovation in the classroom. Critics worry that investors’ interests usurp those of students. Pay-for-success financing can help bridge that divide.
Why Matchmaking in Youth Employment Programs in Middle East North Africa Aren’t Working
Insights from 10 years working on youth employment program matchmaking.
Rethinking Alumni Programs for Greater Impact
Five common weaknesses of alumni programs and what the organizations running them can do better.
Stop Talking About Health Care, Start Talking About People
If we want Americans to be healthy, we must change the conversation.
Can We Sustain It?
How to transform the fervor of political resistance into a new era of civic engagement.
More Girls in STEM Means Improving STEM Teacher Training
Providing teachers with gender sensitivity training is a first step toward addressing gender inequality in STEM. But it’s not the last.
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The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible
How companies in industries such as pharmaceuticals are starting to learn that by giving more data away, they actually get more back.
Unleashing Large-Scale Change
Eight ways to grow an unstoppable movement.
Cultivating Legitimacy in Philanthropy
It’s worth remembering that communities have the power to take away philanthropy’s social license to operate.