Social Good Articles
A Unified Name for a Growing Global Movement: The MovingWorlds Platform
All around the world, people are stepping up. Social entrepreneurs are building new models. Professionals are contributing their skills for the greater good. Companies are aligning business with purpose. More and more people feel the urgency to make a difference — but don’t always know where to...
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100 Best Places to Look for Social Impact Jobs in 2023
Whether you’re looking for a job in social enterprise, nonprofit, philanthropy, sustainability, global development, social finance, NGOs, or tech for good, here are the 100 best places to find them in 2023.
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How to Stay Sane During A Career Transition: Advice from MovingWorlds Institute Alumni
We asked 30 Global Fellowship alumni the question, “With all of the uncertainty we’re living through, what advice would you give to people to stay sane through the career transition process?” Here's what they shared:
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Day 5 Highlights of the 2021 World Economic Forum Davos Agenda
This week, we covered the highlights from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, The Davos Agenda, with a focus on how it is attempting to advance sustainability, equity, and purpose in capitalism. Day 1 highlights | Day 2 highlights | Day 3 highlights | Day 4 Highlights Below are the...
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Day 3 Highlights of the 2021 World Economic Forum Davos Agenda
Highlights from Day 3 of the World Economic Forum Davos Agenda, highlighting climate action, sustainability, and equity.
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Day 2 Highlights of the 2021 World Economic Forum Davos Agenda
We're recapping the key themes from the World Economic Forum annual meeting this week, with a focus on how it is attempting to advance sustainability, equity, and purpose in capitalism.
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A Look Back at Our Most Popular Blog Posts of 2020
Our most popular blog posts from 2020 that are still relevant today as we continue building back better in 2021.
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25 Breneé Brown Quotes We All Need Right Now
Lessons about courage, vulnerability, and belonging from Brenee Brown that we all need right now
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A Manager's Guide to CSR: Managing Your Team’s Desire to Contribute to Social Good
How managers can navigate 4 points of tension when balancing business objectives with social good, as well as 7 steps to empower your team's contribution #CorporateSocialResponsibility #CSRGuide
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From Individual Action to System Change: Anti-Racism Resources To Help You Make a Meaningful Impact
A commitment to racial justice means a commitment to systems change. Here's a list of action-oriented resources to help you take action today while helping improve our systems in the long-term.
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Our New Normal: Helping Professionals Make a Bigger Impact With Their Careers (Now, Completely Virtually)
We're committed to continuing to operate our Global Fellowship program in a way that is safe, accessible, and affordable in this new normal. See what’s changing, what’s not, and how we’ll continue to deliver on our commitment to you.
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Celebrating Our Growing Community of Social Impact Professionals from Around the World
To celebrate our 100th Global Fellow, we look at the genesis and evolution of the MovingWorlds Institute Global Fellowship, reflecting on the community of social enterprise leaders we've built and looking ahead at what's to come in 2020.
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Give the Gift of Transformation this Holiday Season
If you’re searching for a meaningful gift that will keep delighting for years to come, give the gift of transformation this year with a MovingWorlds Experteering Gift Membership. To spread the spirit of meaningful giving, we'll give you a discount!
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#GivingTuesday is November 28th - Here's How You Can Easily Contribute
As we approach a season of indulgence, Giving Tuesday on November 28th is the perfect time to reflect about what matters most this holiday season. The holidays are a great time of sharing moments with friends and family, but it’s no secret that sometimes we go a little overboard whether that be...
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#GivingTuesday is here – so is your gift of giving
In honor of #GivingTuesday 2016, if you buy one basic membership on November 29, 2016, we’ll give one premium membership free to anyone you choose.
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Elections, Empathy, and Experteering
I want to thank you for reading this, and I hope you'll join us in spreading empathy.
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How to Build Trust Across Cultures
The only thing more fascinating than cultures are the vast differences between them. Here are tips to help you build trust across cultures when working or volunteering overseas.
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Rethink the Way You Give
4 lessons to rethink and improve the way we give, inspired by the #RethinkReuse art installation on #Earthday 2016
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“Small Changes Make Big Impacts” — Highlights from Our First Social Innovation Experience
MovingWorlds and its partners lead a Social Innovation Experience in Guatemala to empower local artisans while fostering social entrepreneurship education - here is what we learned in the process
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The Best Blogs To Help You Make Meaningful Changes
We all want to change things about ourselves. That’s normal. But change is hard, scary, and usually isolating. To help you through your changes, follow these 10 blogs for stories, science, research, and powerful tips...
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The Best Way To Support Global Entrepreneurship: Do Something
Entrepreneurs are creating radical change, but they need support. Here's what you can do #GEW2015
Continue reading >How I'm Donating to Nepal
Please do give to Nepal, but take time to do it the right way. Here are my 4 tips.
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7 Thought Provoking Quotes from the 2014 Social Innovation Summit
"Innovation doesn't equal social good, but social good can be accelerated by innovation... provided that purpose is at the heart of that innovation." Via random hallways conversation
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An Amazing List of Global Fellowship Programs for Social Good
At MovingWorlds.org, we help people find the best place to apply their skills around the world for social good. Sometimes that means connecting people directly with one of our inspiring social impact organizations on the ground, and sometimes we connect people to umbrella organizations for more...
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An Inspiring Collection of Nelson Mandela Quotes and Pictures
On the 5th of December, 2013, a message from the Nelson Mandela Foundation website read It is with the deepest regret that we have learned of the passing of our founder, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – Madiba. The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa will shortly make further official...
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Improved Storytelling is Live on MovingWorlds.org
We're very excited to announce a new feature on MovingWorlds that will help us better connect people that want to change the world, with organizations changing it. Before people decide to travel overseas and volunteer their skills, they want to connect with their hosting organization and its...
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Hangout With Us and Ask Us Anything
Next Hangout: Nov 7th, 3pm EST. RSVP TODAY! Our first ever live Google+ Hangout will be on Thursday, Nov 7th, at 3pm EST. We'll use this time to: Give tips and tricks about the best way to volunteer your expertise overseas - Go Experteering. Answer any questions. Show a full demo of...
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The Mashable Social Good Summit Recapped in 4 Words: Create Change, Be Changed
The biggest take-away from the Mashable Social Good Summit #2030NOW had little to do with what others were doing, and everything to do with what YOU can accomplish by creating change. "Create change, be changed" not only sounds good as a phrase to recap the summit, but is especially powerful if...
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Announcing MovingWorlds Beta - Limited Release
Three years ago, nearly to the day, I set out on an adventure that would change the course of my life forever. My adventure was initiated after reading a World Economic Forum report that stated that the "lack of access to talent was the 2nd leading barrier to progress... and would soon become...
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Google is Killing Social Innovation (and you might be, too)
Google, often considered one of the most innovative companies of our time, is killing social innovation. So are Microsoft, Amazon, and Salesforce.com. And you might be doing it, too. In an unexpected turn of events, technology innovation is actually detracting from social innovation. According...
Continue reading >Awesome TED Talk: The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong
...the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, "are rewarded for how little they spend -- not for what they get done". Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big...
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3 Reasons You Have to Attend the Social Innovation Fast Pitch in Seattle
There is a social impact showdown happening in Seattle on October 18th. It's going to be featuring some of the most socially innovative projects - both for profit and non-profit - in the Seattle area, and beyond. But other than supporting some cool organizations, why should you throw down and...
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We Need More Changemakers, Not Miracles
There is no single solution to the world’s challenges. As a result, we need a diversified, comprehensive, surround-sound approach to tackling all of them. No matter your skills or resources, you have the capacity to contribute, in your own small way, to progress. "All of us are blessed with a...
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To Change the World, Think BIG
Really BIG. As unreasonable as big ideas seem sometime, they ultimately drive innovation and progress. Sure big ideas get criticized, but we need them. BIG ideas like this from Yvon Chouinard, Jib Ellison, and Rick Ridgeway to make the entire global economy environmentally conscious and...
Continue reading >Support MovingWorlds in One Minute or Less
We're making lots of progress at MovingWorlds and are struggling to contain our excitement. The current hot topic is our entrance into the 2012 PitchIT Challenge. It's an opportunity for us to get valuable feedback, and also a chance to win some valuable seed money to accelerate our progress. If...
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Celebrating the Day After Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Today is even more important than Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. While MLK day is a wonderful celebration of one of America's most significant figures, MLK never wanted a celebration, he wanted change. So while the celebration of MLK is indeed a worthy event, it's what happens after the...
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Give Selflessly, Give Powerfully
We're inspired by the work of the Acumen Fund in its 10th year and are taking a rare moment this Holiday season to ask our readers to make a donation to it by December 31st. Why are we supporting another organization this Holiday Season? Here are our top 3 reasons to support the Acumen Fund...
Continue reading >Some Thoughts on Making an Impact
-Lao-Tzu As we near the launch of MovingWorlds, one truth has been revealed time and time again: You have to start something to make a positive impact. We're starting a movement that will help responsible businesses make a bigger positive impact, faster. We're starting with a system that will...
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