Calling for a Triple Bottom Line Design Metric
A fledgling program trains designers to consider the ecological, economic, and social issues shaping the built environment.
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Making the Case for Innovation at Scale
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact
Your Next Donor Is a Toothbrush
As more corporations realize the potential of cause-marketing, more charities can create partnerships that result in exposure and revenue.
Taking Games for Good to a New Level
Great social issue video games are out there; now it’s time to invest in them.
Leveraging Legacy Organizations
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.
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Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
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The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.