News The Power of Storytelling: Unlocking Energy for Change May 04, 2017 | Michelle Korte Storytelling in advocacy is about improving feedback loops. It’s about better ensuring that dire needs and specific proposals are communicated effectively and persuasively to people who make influential policy and financial decisions. While conferences and reports are rife with technical experts and statistics, sometimes these policy discussions lack the critical element of voice—the humanity behind the numbers. SwitchPoint 2017: Day 1 May 02, 2017 A sold-out crowd of over 300 humanitarians from across the globe all converged for day one of this annual conference in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, ready to talk about the latest—and often least-known—efforts toward greater social good around the world. SwitchPoint 2017: Day 2 May 02, 2017 Today was the second and final day of SwitchPoint 2017, a gathering of humanitarians from all over the world. While the conference is hosted by a global health organization (IntraHealth International), it’s designed to pull together smart, curious, creative people from all circles of humanitarian and global development work. On stage this year were frontline health workers and policy wonks, executives and entrepreneurs, techies and teachers, marketers, academics, artists, and I’m not kidding, an actual magician (slash scientist). Can your great ideas make a difference? May 01, 2017 | Becky Bales-Ward Good question. Three social entrepreneur superstars—Roya Mahboob, David Moinina Sengeh, and Robyn Schryer Fehrman—answered that one and more at SwitchPoint 2017 during a lively microlab on Social Entrepreneurship. We’re inspired by their insights on: What does social entrepreneurship mean to you? What are the key components to success in business? How do we get comfortable with the idea of failure? Women in Tech April 29, 2017 | Becky-Bales Ward “Who’s the boss here?” says Roya Mahboob (right), keynote speaker at #SwitchPoint, during her microlab on Women In Tech. That’s what she asked the men who worked for her. Even as the head of her own company, they were not coming to meetings on time, meeting their project deadlines, or respecting her as a software engineer. She’s young. She’s a woman. She’s from Afghanistan. And none of this stops her. She’s now president of three companies: Citadel Software Company, EdyEdy, and Felora. And she’s CEO of Digital Citizen Fund, a nonprofit organization. Short Quote + Nice Photo April 28, 2017 | Carol Bales “A short quote and a nice photo go a long way,” says Sarah Harlan (middle) at the start of her SwitchPoint 2017 microlab, Data Tells Half the Story, People Tell the Rest. Sarah is the director of learning & partnerships for K4Health, a USAID-funded project helping people around the world learn and act on family planning and public health knowledge. Guts, Collaboration, and Diversity Generate a Powerful Creative Force at SwitchPoint 2017 April 24, 2017 | Heather LaGarde We've called it intentional serendipity, alchemy, partnership. The magic that happens at our annual SwitchPoint conference goes by a lot of names, but it’s conjured by the people, ideas, creativity, and guts that come together there from across multiple disciplines, countries, cultures, and challenges. 4 Reasons to Teach the Sustainable Development Goals in Every Classroom April 18, 2017 | Caroline Weeks The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted in 2015, includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. Countries around the world have committed to taking action to meet these goals, such as ending hunger and poverty, creating sustainable cities and communities, and making health care available to all. SwitchPoint: A Love Story April 13, 2017 | Nola Paterni SwitchPoint, like most of my other love interests, swept me off my feet immediately. Now, no one got down on one knee when asking if I’d like to be part of the team organizing the conference, but they did ask nicely, and of course I said “Yes!” I’d been admiring the wealth of humanitarian innovation, global health, and technology in our field since I started working with IntraHealth, but now was my chance to dance with the stars. A Window into the World of Social Science Research February 07, 2017 | Brian Southwell We live in a moment when social science research is often misunderstood or even just absent from public-policy discussion (let alone conversation at most dinner tables). Although many people are engaged in investigating our world—backed by federal, foundation, or private funding—research results end up in peer-reviewed journals that are not widely circulated outside of professional research and academic circles. Pages« first ‹ previous … 2 3 4 5 6 … next › last »
