Measuring Social Impact
Amplifying Local Voices
GlobalGiving’s storytelling project turns anecdotes into useful data.
Tag: Youth
Social Entrepreneurship
Now What? Young Leaders Are Changing the World by Working for Themselves
Growing numbers of young people are making an about face—turning their backs on working for “the man” and creating their own ventures.
Education
Dr. Madhav Chavan
An interview with Dr. Madhav Chavan, CEO of Pratham, a nonprofit that provides quality education to underprivileged children of India.
Health
Mothers of Invention
Maternova is getting hundreds of life saving innovations to the front lines in developing countries using a new online platform.
Education
Adapting to the “Unreliable Patron”: Sustaining Access Missions with Entrepreneurial Universities
The meaning and function of college in our society has changed.
Education
Student Retention: There’s An App for That
In business schools around the country, there’s much ado about social entrepreneurship and a double bottom-line—social good and profits.
Education
Funding for Education—the Perils of “Guidelines du Jour”
The work of charities in almost all circumstances requires focused effort over a substantial period of time.
Business
Creativity in Action
To answer many of the social welfare and public health problems of today it takes creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Civic Engagement
Slacktivism, the Gateway to Change?
Two points of Slacktivism: 1) organizations create and endorse the level to which people take action 2) “slacker activism” is a gateway to lasting change.
Review
Arts
Passing the Mic
20Under40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century Edited by Edward P. Clapp