Nonprofit Management
Building a Resilient Volunteer Organization
How one volunteer relief organization’s approach and recruitment policies has allowed it to grow and remain relevant to the populations it serves.
Tag: Disaster Relief
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In Collaboration, Actions Speak Louder than Words
The author of Cracking the Network Code discusses the important role of networks in scaling up solutions.
Individual Giving
Fatal Flaw
After a disaster, donors to relief funds pay more attention to the death toll than to the needs of survivors.
Technology & Design
New Ways to Evaluate Impact
Human-centered design and systems thinking can help evaluate social impact in a global context.
Global Issues
Climate Change: What Is Our Goal?
It’s time to restructure the climate problem from averting a distant global catastrophe to minimizing collective suffering.
Philanthropy
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
Urban Development
Helping Cities Remain Strong
A $100 million foundation initiative aims to foster urban resilience in the face of disaster.
Nonprofit Management
Under One Roof
By bringing people together and by pooling resources, the Housing Partnership network expands the range of affordable places to live.
Business
Insuring a More Resilient Society
By quantifying catastrophe risk, we can help society better manage it, and make the world safer and more resilient.
Measuring Social Impact
(Appropriate) Big Data for Climate Resilience?
Three huge opportunities and three risks.