Business
Civic Engagement at Work
A study of worker-owned cooperatives demonstrates how people see their civic engagement, whether in the workplace or out in the world, as one and the same activity.
Tag: Volunteering
Innovative programs to attract and manage volunteers
Civic Engagement
Volunteerism’s Diversity Problem
A lack of resources should not prevent young people from serving their communities.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Invisible Balance Sheet
Nonprofits can better evaluate and deploy their capacity to achieve their missions by accounting for the assets and liabilities that don’t necessarily appear on their financial statements.
Collaboration
Rebuilding Trust in Society
Trust is the societal glue on which our democracy depends.
Philanthropy & Funding
Giving Time vs. Giving Money
Charitable donors prefer to give time instead of money because they feel they have more control over their donated time.
Business
Punished for Pro-Social Work
Employees who volunteer for social impact work may see careers harmed by sexist biases.
Organizational Development
How Anonymous Self-Organized
The hacktivist collective built a framework to encourage and guide participation without direct oversight.
Excerpt
Nonprofits & NGOs
Thinking Small
An excerpt from Amateurs without Borders explores a new wave of grassroots development aid putting NGO work back in the hands of amateurs.
Civic Engagement
Four Ways to Age-Integrate National Service
National service programs can bring together older and younger people to serve side by side, producing a windfall of human and social capital, plus much-needed generational and cultural understanding.
Education
The Two-Way Benefits of Local, Intergenerational Classroom Support
Four ways classroom tutoring support can improve education while increasing the well-being of young and older populations in underserved communities.