Health
Ends and Means
In the way that people think about end-of-life care, moral and economic motives converge and commingle.
Tag: Activism
Innovations in the way that organizations use civil disobedience, protests, and other forms of activism to advance social progress
Measuring Social Impact
Signaling and Confirming
A new framework can help nonprofits and other social sector organizations measure the participation of their supporters.
Business
Brands as Targets
Companies with a high profile are more likely to become the focus of anti-sweatshop protests.
Leadership
The Inner Journey of the Changemaker
How we manage ourselves and empathize with others are as important as professional management skills in creating social impact.
Impact Investing
Fossil Fuels: Turning Off the Tap
Divestment is the necessary first step to building the new economy.
Collaboration
Making Nonprofit-Corporate Alliances Work
The benefits and pitfalls of partnerships between nonprofits and business—and how to do it right.
Podcast
Civic Engagement
Lessons Learned From Walking to the North and South Poles
Robert Swan, an inspirational speaker who founded 2041 and the first man to walk to both global poles, addresses his audience about the relationship between passion and reaching goals.
Foundations
Four Ways to Spread Ideas
Insights from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on what makes influence effective.
sponsored
Roundtable on Community Engagement and Collective Impact
The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions gathered scholars and practitioners for a conversation about engaging the community in a collective impact initiative.