Education
Fight for the Future
The nonprofit Fight for Peace uses boxing to create a dialogue with hard-to-reach urban youth.
Tag: Personal Development
Nonprofits
Networking a City
The Barr Fellows Network is changing the way work gets done in Boston’s large and entrenched social sector.
Education
Training to Save?
Does financial education training for children in Ghana help instill a culture of good decision-making? Take a reader survey and find out.
Global Issues
What’s Sex Got to Do with It?
An inconvenient truth is hiding behind the current excitement about educating girls.
Economic Development
Personal Attention Reduces Poverty
Circles, a national program for helping families get out of poverty, taps an underused resource: middle-class support groups.
Global Issues
The Clarion Call for Character
As leaders, the only pretension we cannot tolerate is that we are powerless to change what we see around us.
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Social Entrepreneurship
Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders
Passion and Purpose is a collection of personal stories regarding success and failure in business and leadership.
Socially Responsible Business
Connecting Heart to Head
Leaders of Alcoa and PUMA, two forward-looking multibillion-dollar global companies, describe a framework for sustainable growth.
Civil Society
Circles of Change
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Education
Teaching the Key Skills of Successful Social Entrepreneurs
What if we taught the key mindsets and skill sets that help make successful social entrepreneurs?