Rethinking Education in a Changing World
How can we ensure all children across the globe learn the skills they need to be successful in an increasingly interconnected, technologically advanced world?
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Hidden Talent: How Smart Companies Are Tapping Into Unemployed Youth
Refining the raw talent of the 5.5 million young Americans out of work and out of school provides compelling opportunities for companies, youth, and society—a rare trifecta—that a growing number of corporate leaders are betting on.
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Three Questions With Angela Glover Blackwell
Blackwell, president and CEO of PolicyLink, talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about the role of public policy in addressing inequality and creating a more prosperous society.
Reaping the Benefits of Integrated Health Care
Care that links physical and mental health has proven to be economically and medically beneficial, but hard to implement sustainably. We can surmount these common roadblocks by emphasizing community collaboration and self-reliance.
A Call for Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Why philanthropy needs to support more community-driven solutions, not just Ivy League ones.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
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.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
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.