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Changing the Narrative About Narrative Change
Storytelling provides the tools for engagement, education, and ultimately, movement building and systems transformation.
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Tackling the Wealth Defense Industry
Economic inequality is a foundational driver of societal breakdown and collapse. We believe the global system that protects entrenched wealth is ripe for disruption. We seek to transform it and help channel wealth to benefit people and the planet.
How Social Enterprises Advocate
Research demonstrates that social enterprises are political actors that seek to influence public policy and sociocultural norms.
A Reckoning for the Pro-Democracy Community
In the wake of Donald Trump’s re-election, four recommendations for leaders dedicated to reconstituting and strengthening democracy in the United States.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.