Can Virtual Reality Reduce Crime?
MAXLab designs simulations to examine how crime occurs and to imagine preventive measures to keep communities safe.
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Inclusive Growth for Heartland Cities
Tulsa is piloting a new model to measure its growth, hoping other cities will follow suit.
The Cost of Saying Too Little
Managers often communicate less than they should, giving employees the impression that they lack empathy.
The Displeasing Helpful Hand
People who receive help earlier in a task feel better about the aid than those who receive it toward the end.
The Seal of Approval
Certification helps legitimize nonprofits and boosts their fundraising, even in authoritarian contexts.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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.