How can a social enterprise save the lives of young people? In this audio lecture sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation, Steve Cole talks about the Re-Mission video game, a project that inspires young people to take their pills after their cancer has been put into remission. The game was the first product of HopeLab, an organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of young people with chronic illness.
As obesity rates become a greater national problem, the development of partnerships between companies and foundations may help find a solution.
What are social marketers to do when their target audience couldn’t care less about the change they want to make? Here's how one group got everyday people to care about alternative energy.
Recent TED Prize winner, chef Jamie Oliver, has a goal to change the way Americans look at food and fight the growing trend of childhood obesity.
What are the key things anyone starting an organization should know about nonprofit management? In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation, Sarah Brown uses her organization, the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, as an exemplar. She talks about how to choose an issue, establish a mission and goals, obtain funding, measure performance, and manage challenges.
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
Instead of pressuring already-stressed individuals to fix themselves, true wellness requires organization-level interventions.
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.
Two years ago I quit my nonprofit CEO job. I’ve just had the two most productive years of my career.
