Instagram-Style Innovation in the Public Sector
What if we leveraged the ingenuity and resources in Silicon Valley for the improvement and renewal of the rest of the country?
Social Issues - Articles
Mars’ Sustainable Cocoa Initiative in Cote d’Ivoire
The entire cocoa sector—exporters, NGOs, manufacturers, and governments—must help farmers boost their productivity and income.
HP’s Cross-Sector Health Partnership in Kenya
HP’s work with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Kenyan government on early infant diagnosis of HIV is saving lives.
Kraft Foods’ Cocoa Partnership in Ghana
To develop the next generation of cocoa farmers in Ghana, Kraft Foods created a cross-sector initiative with a long-term view.
Philanthropy and the Digital Public Dialogue
Unlike in past eras, social sector organizations are now in direct control of a mass communication medium, presenting challenges and new opportunities.
“Nothing About Us Without Us” Approach Transforms Foster Care in Florida
By understanding what beneficiaries think works and doesn’t work, foundations and nonprofits can provide better programs.
A Global, Crowd-sourced Film for Earth Day
An intrepid filmmaker has collected footage from every country in the world, filmed on the same day, to underscore our commonalities.
Podcast
Solar Power in a Suitcase
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.
Excerpt
inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity
inGenius argues that we don’t look at everything in our environment as an opportunity for ingenuity—but that we should.