The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World
A venture capitalist argues that the liberal arts are at the heart of the best technology.
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Education
Learning Progressions: Road Maps for 21st-Century Students—and Teachers
To equip today’s students for the future, we need to understand the fundamental building blocks of complex skills, and apply that understanding to teaching practices and assessments.
Lessons from East Africa on Effective Community Organizing
How a revitalized sense of civic duty can go beyond resistance and make real progress.
Solving Big Social Problems by Thinking Small
Frugal, flexible, and inclusive “jugaad innovation” provides a compelling model for nonprofits looking for innovative solutions to significant problems.
Selecting the Right Growth Metrics: Fewer but Better
Nonprofits have near-limitless metrics they can measure, but the key to success is identifying, monitoring, and responding to the few that really matter.
Protecting the Heart of Environmental Civil Society
Three strategies for ensuring the safety and security of people defending their environment and human rights around the world.
The Moment for Participatory Democracy
Three civic engagement models that can help bring the voices of everyday citizens into public life.
Podcast
There Is No Geography to Intelligence and Passion
How can NGOs help communities manage their own growth?
Impact Investing in Victorian England? The Case of Model Dwellings Companies
What we can learn today from an early approach to improving social conditions through investment.