GS | SU Global Education Conference: Kunskapsskolan Case Study
A look at new schools in Sweden that provide personalized and hands-on classroom experience.
Inside Social Innovation Podcast
A look inside the world of social innovation with leaders from business, government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector.
Promoting Civic Engagement and Voting
Organizations are finding that subtle changes in language make a difference in how people vote.
Promoting Health Through Weight Loss
Harvard business professor Leslie John reports on studies providing financial and social incentives to get people to lose weight.
Environmental Sustainability Through Recycling
Kate White shares research about how positive and negative messages around recycling influence people’s behavior.
Improving Educational Achievement for Minorities
Stanford assistant professor Greg Walton examines a psychological factor that contributes to inequalities between socially marginalized and non-marginalized groups.
Food, Water, and Energy
In this audio lecture, Dr. Ann Bartuska of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shares her insight on the necessary steps to sustainably feed the nine billion people that will be living on our planet by 2050.
Mobile and Branchless Banking
In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman speaks with one of branchless banking's greatest proponents and the co-founder of Eko India Financial Services, Abhishek Sinha.
The Civic Impact of Youth Volunteerism
McAdam reviews two follow-up studies of youth activists, and assesses the experiences and their long-term effects on volunteers.
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.
Sustainable Water Treatment
How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity?
Leveraging Online Collaboration
What happens when you leverage the power of internet volunteerism in much the same way as Wikipedia, but with the intention of translating and subtitling videos?
Partnering for Scale and Impact
How can partnerships help the nonprofit sector navigate legislative hurdles, new leadership, and antiquated business models?
Medical Device Innovation: Panel Discussion
Focusing on unmet needs, healthcare entrepreneurs provide their in-the-trenches perspectives on advancing medical technologies. Working to extend and enhance lives.
GSB 2011 Healthcare Summit: Future of the Healthcare Sector
John Capek talks about ways we can improve the potential success for technologies in order to improve the delivery of healthcare over the next decade.
Shared Value - Future of Green
Mark Kramer discusses the challenges of coordinating corporate social responsibility projects with corporations and the success of the cell phone industry in emerging (third world) markets.