Business
Catalyzing Women of Color’s Business Potential
The social enterprise digitalundivided is disrupting the startup world for black and Latinx women entrepreneurs. A Field Report from the Spring 2020 issue.
Tag: Storytelling
Review
Leadership
The Activist CEO
Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff wants the business world to adopt new values. Can he and other leaders live up to those norms? Do we even want them to? A book review from the Spring 2020 issue.
Government
More Seats at the Table
How the West Virginia Can’t Wait movement is using a gubernatorial race as a platform to raise up new leaders for the future, win or lose.
Podcast
Arts & Culture
Storytelling and Social Change
How do stories work to expand and accelerate impact? A roundtable discussion between four storytellers and leaders of change on narrative's power to reach and inspire new audiences.
Advocacy
How to Build Better Calls to Action
A well-told story can inspire people to engage with social and environmental issues, but how do nonprofits channel that energy into behaviors that make a difference? Behavioral science can help point the way.
Advocacy
Aspirational Communication
Organizations must connect their causes to the personal aspirations of their audiences to transform public attitudes. A feature story from the Winter 2020 issue.
Collaboration
Becoming Unstuck With Relational Activism
At a time when division seems like the only thing we all have in common, two “relational activists” describe how building person-to-person connections can keep us from being paralyzed by recalcitrant and complex social problems.
Civic Engagement
National Service Journalism
Journalism corps program Report for America pairs working journalists with resource-strapped local news organizations for a yearlong employment contract. A What's Next article from the Fall 2019 issue.
Arts & Culture
Movies That Matter
Participant Media, founded in 2004 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Jeff Skoll, combines boutique film and television production with campaigns to enact social change. A Field Report from the Fall 2019 issue.
Excerpt
Business
What’s So Powerful About Storytelling?
An excerpt from Forging An Ironclad Brand: A Leader's Guide explores story as a way to command attention and persuade.