It’s Time Responsible Business Became Business as Usual
I recently had the opportunity to speak with a group of graduate students about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and my own career in social impact. The discussion was stimulating and the students...
View ArticleHow Government Engages the Private Sector in the Fight Against Global Poverty
At the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Conference hosted last fall by Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program, former Administrator of USAID Rajiv Shah highlighted the...
View ArticleCan One Organization Democratize Design Thinking for Everyone?
“From my house to the White House, we’ve used human-centered design and it actually works.” Tyson Weinert is a lively and ingratiating veteran trainer, who after 18 years of service, separated from the...
View ArticleFive Events Not To Miss During Global Partnerships Week 2016
Be a part of the worldwide virtual conversation at #GPW2016 During one week each March, the U.S. Department of State inspires public, private, and social sector organizations everywhere to organize...
View ArticleCitizen Diplomacy Spotlight: Hopeful Africa
As part of an ongoing series, Matt Clark, from the Center for Citizen Diplomacy at PYXERA Global, is interviewing leaders of organizations that belong to the Citizen Diplomacy Network. The Center...
View ArticleUSAID Seeks to Accelerate Development with the Global Innovation Exchange
Smartphones and the internet have made our planet byte-sized. It is no longer difficult, or even surprising, to imagine someone in Rio de Janeiro chatting, e-mailing, and teaming-up to collaborate with...
View ArticleWeber Shandwick Research Shows Always-On Transparency Pays Off
The insights in this article are drawn from Weber Shandwick’s Always-On Transparency Report, which explores how forward-thinking organizations continually share failures, lessons, and insider...
View ArticleUsing Sport to Bridge Differences and Find Common Ground
From a window seat on the world’s only one-star airline, Air Koryo, I took a break from the inflight North Korean programming and peered out the window. Pristine lakes and rolling mountains pierced the...
View ArticleCitizen Diplomacy Spotlight: ProjectExplorer
As part of an ongoing series, Matt Clark, from the Center for Citizen Diplomacy at PYXERA Global, is interviewing leaders of organizations that belong to the Citizen Diplomacy Network. The Center...
View ArticleInsights on Cross-Sector Collaboration from the Global Engagement Forum
At first glance on the morning of November 10th, the Newseum in Washington, D.C. was filled with an unlikely cast of characters. What could possibly bring together corporate executives from Fortune 500...
View ArticleHow a Team of IBM and BD Volunteers Are Helping a Local Clinic Save Lives in...
By Gina Tesla and Paula Kapotes With over half a million cases reported each year, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women worldwide and the leading cause of death for Peruvian women...
View ArticleAn Interview with Bancroft Global Development’s Strategic Advisor for...
Whitney Shinkle, Education and Civil Society, Bancroft Bancroft consists of Bancroft Global Development, a nonprofit mentoring organization, and Bancroft Global Investments, a venture capital...
View ArticleLessons in Sustainable Management from the 2016 UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
“You have to decide if you want to make a difference or if you only want to run a business.” Mads Nipper, the CEO of Grundfos, the largest water utility in the world, paced the dais of the United...
View ArticleThe Five Habits of Effective Global Citizens
Purposeful Global Engagement starts with effective engagement—around the world. And that means being a good global citizen. But what does that actually mean? What do ‘global citizens’ actually do?...
View ArticleThe 2016 Spring Social Innovation Summit Features Inspiration and Impact
An astronaut, a basketball player, and a Fortune 500 CEO walk out on stage– that’s the setup and the punchline of The Social Innovation Summit (SIS). Now in its fifth year, the bi-coastal, twice-annual...
View ArticleExperiential Learning Accelerates Sustainable Leadership Development
Experiential learning accelerates both intellectual understanding and emotional intelligence. In this second article in our series exploring leadership development through action learning, Matt...
View ArticleWater, Waste, and Recycling Take Center Stage at U.S. Chamber Foundation...
“Externalities are outpacing profits.” That’s the new reality, according to Martin Stuchtey, who spent the better part of two decades advising companies on sustainability, as the former director of the...
View ArticlePassport DC: Cultural exchange for citizen and official diplomats alike
When I first moved to Washington, D.C., my daily work commute took me straight down a section of Massachusetts Avenue known as “Embassy Row.” This length of street gets its name from the high...
View ArticlePartnership Paves a Pathway for Purpose
Across the street from the PYXERA Global office, industrial hoses spray water to contain the clouds of dust unleashed by an army of wrecking balls and cranes. The sale of the long-time Washington Post...
View ArticleThe Rockefeller Foundation Launches YieldWise, a $130 Million Initiative to...
The earth’s global food system is facing a quiet crisis—one-third of all food produced is never consumed while 1.2 billion people go to bed hungry or under-nourished, as global economic losses mount...
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