Africa’s Climate Activist
At the forefront of the effort to raise awareness about Africa’s climate plight is Vanessa Nakate, a 24-year-old Ugandan social media activist.
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Precision Fishing
SmartCatch deploys digital technology to help make the world’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable.
The Psychedelic Revolution in Mental Health
Rick Doblin launched the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies in 1986 to research and advocate for the use of LSD, magic mushrooms, and Ecstasy to treat mental illness. After more than three decades of labor, he has found his moment.
Closing the Research-Practice Gap in Education
Research-practice partnerships can help academic researchers and school district leaders discover what works for schools and classrooms.
Doing Development Differently
International aid must use different approaches to address the massive systemic problems it seeks to solve.
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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.