Working Toward Financial Inclusion With Blockchain
Four ways blockchain technology is beginning to help people in countries such as Kenya and Argentina build more resilient and prosperous lives through greater access to financial services.
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For ESG compliance to become more than lip service, corporate leaders say they need activist pressure, government regulation, and a strong business case.
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The passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act gives those of us in the nonpartisan public policy space reason to be optimistic.
The Promise of Community-Driven Science
A new generation of scientists and community activists is committed to making science more democratic and equitable.
Cleaning Up the Nile
With the dual goal of protecting the vital waterway and supporting communities that depend on it, the Cairo-based, youth-led organization VeryNile is partnering with local fishers and crafters to collect, recycle, and upcycle plastic waste.
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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.