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May 11 2015
Perspective
Your Mission Statement is Not Your Story
I lead the digital efforts at The Rockefeller Foundation, and I have the great pleasure and challenge to explore how digital can be leveraged to make the social sector more …
May 05 2015
Perspective
What’s So Exciting About Infrastructure?
Key Takeaways: SHARE THIS By 2030 approximately 75% of U.S. infrastructure will either need to be renovated or built from scratch. SHARE THIS Build America—announced by the White House and Rockefeller Foundation—encourages a forward-thinking …
May 04 2015
Perspective
Exploring Innovative Solutions to Resilience Building
SHARE THIS Global Resilience Challenge finalists meet in Nairobi and Bangkok to surface innovative solutions to complex challenges. SHARE THIS "No one has all the answers." Resilience experts rely on "coopetition" to define pathways to impact. SHARE THIS Regional …
May 01 2015
Perspective
Ecosystems and the Resilience Dividend
As a city's ability prepare for, withstand, and bounce back from acute shocks and chronic stresses, urban resilience depends strongly on a healthy ecosystem. In fact, one of the many …
Apr 24 2015
Perspective
Accelerating the Pace of Social Change
At the same time as the Skoll World Forum last week, nearly one hundred marine conservation practitioners were coming together in Cancun, Mexico at the invitation of Blue Solutions, to learn about each …