The Dirt on Seed-Funding Social Change
As philanthropists, I think our deepest duty is to gamble on people, through untried solutions that just might overturn ancient societal inequities.
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Podcast
Starting a RYOT In Traditional News
Host Ned Breslin speaks with the RYOT founders about their plans to disrupt traditional media by allowing people to “Become the News.”
Microinsurance: Scaling Through Peer Learning
Insurers in Peru and South Africa are learning from each other how to reach low-income clients and help break the cycle of poverty.
The Business Case for Investing in Talent
Every dollar invested in employee development yields more efficient and effective impact.
Investing Evolves
A brief history of investing that advances environmental and social concerns, and why impact investors and sustainable investors should look to what they have in common, not how they differ.
The Promise of Mandatory Community Service
How a little-known tradition that helped rebuild Rwanda could help the rest of us.
Shifts in Thinking to Achieve Transformative Scale
We need to shift from a focus on production to impact, and leverage principles of platforms, networks, community, and co-creation.
Lights, Camera, Philanthropy
A close-up on giving and the entertainment industry.
Empowering Movements for Global Education Reform
Our experience challenges notions that quality scaling requires top-down, centralized approaches.
Seizing the Moment on Early Childhood Care and Education
Three ways to improve early childhood systems and improve equity.