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May 22 2014
Perspective
What Solutions Are Hiding In Our PDFs?
The World Bank recently published a noble and important report with answers to the question Is anyone reading our reports and publications? They note that nearly 50 percent of their …
May 21 2014
Perspective
Trends in Seed-Stage Social Enterprises
This post was co-authored by Min Pease, Impact Investing Manager at Echoing Green. In 2007, we selected Felix Brandon-Lloyd as an Echoing Green Fellow. Felix's organization, Skill-Life, was a game-based platform …
May 08 2014
Perspective
Getting Inclusive Industries to Scale
Achieving scale is a challenge as old as the field of social enterprise itself, one whose wide-reaching implications cut to the heart of what it means to make meaningful impact. …
May 07 2014
Perspective
Using Twitter to Surface Food Security Solutions
Leveraging social media and digital technology to hear from a wide array of voices is part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s approach to enriching its understanding of the dynamic challenges facing …
May 06 2014
Perspective
Digital Storytelling for Social Impact
Without question, digital technology has accelerated the tempo of the world's activity and the pervasiveness of human connections. Many of us are far more connected to stories and information than …
Apr 29 2014
Perspective
Three Solutions and One Big Question for Achieving Scale
Over the past several years, there’s been incredible growth in the number of enterprises that intentionally seek financial viability, social impact, and influence. These impact enterprises can improve the wellbeing …
Apr 23 2014
Press Releases
Charting Our Fishing Future
NEW YORK—The Dutch Government and The Rockefeller Foundation announced on Thursday, April 23, their pledge of funding support to WorldFish and the Earth Observatory of Singapore to produce a road …