Articles P2490

Is Anybody Listening?

A new model for advocacy groups and organizations can help them identify and effectively communicate with persuadable audiences.

Six Proven Practices for Backbone Organizations

By Richard Crespin & Helen Moser 2

Collaborations among multiple organizations are simple in theory, but difficult in practice. Making them work requires a backbone organization that pays close attention to the needs of all participants.

Education

How International Corporations Can Help Educate the World

By Sarah Brown

The private sector offers more than just deep pockets to the quest for global education; companies have talent, resources, and new ideas to share.

What Motivates People to Participate in Civil Society?

By Ryan Streeter 1

Every year tens of millions of Americans sacrifice their personal time and resources to participate in civil society in some way. Why do they do it? The answers are varied and intertwined, but it might boil down to this: Civic-mindedness starts early, runs deep, and aims higher.

Podcast

Ending Slavery and Child Labor in Global Supply Chains

Featuring Siddharth Kara, Bama Athreya, Leslie Johnston, & Nina Smith

Human trafficking, modern slavery, and child labor remain pressing concerns in many industries’ global supply chains. Harvard’s Siddharth Kara leads a discussion on how each sector can play a role in finding solutions.

Protest Movements Need the Funding They Deserve

By Paul Engler

Mass protest mobilizations play a critical role in creating the necessary conditions for cultural and political change. When grantmakers and major donors fail to appreciate how they work, they are missing a huge opportunity.

Developing New Models for Collaboration in Conservation

By Fred Nelson & Jeffrey Parrish

Three innovative ways groups can work together across organizational fiefdoms and disciplinary siloes to meet conservation challenges locally and globally.

Who Defines the ‘Good’ in ‘Common Good’?

By Sarah L. Kastelic 2

If a “good” is held to be common, then surely that decision must come from community. Too often the community’s role is unexamined in this regard, but the intentionality of one Native culture in defining and protecting the common good might serve as an example to us all.