How This eBay Software Engineer Used Her Skills and Vacation to Empower Women #ExperteerSpotlight

“Scale” is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot when talking businesses. Entrepreneurs strive for it, and investors love it. If an organization is scaling, it means it is growing rapidly, the costs of growth are going down, and the future earning potential is

Mohammed Hassan Mohamud is a motivating and brilliant millennial who happens to be living life as a refugee, and he’s been living that life for 20 years. He was also one of the 6 co-chairs of the 2019 World Economic Forum hosted in Davos last

Every month, we share leading social impact insights, trends, events, and organizations to help you be more effective at creating change. It’s a small part of what we do to build world-positive leaders while supporting social impact projects around the world. Scroll down for our favorites from January of

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” –Benjamin Franklin How do you get kids involved in their own learning, and make it fun in the process? For Ubongo, the answer lies in something that kids already know

This is a guest blog post by VSO International. MovingWorlds has partnered with VSO to feature some of their impact projects for Experteers. See our VSO Partner page for a list of projects. VSO international is is the world’s leading independent international development organization that

If coffee is part of your morning ritual, you probably know exactly how you like to prepare it – one cream, two sugars, or even black for the brave amongst us. But do you know exactly where that coffee came from? Who grew it? Whether

How did you get to where you are today professionally? Chances are, someone helped along the way — whether it’s a mentor giving advice, a friend in the industry helping you make connections, or a manager pushing you to grow. Darren, like you, received support

I recently bumped into an alum of one of our career acceleration programs. He was deciding between three exciting job opportunities in front of him, and was struggling to decide which one he should take: Should he stay in his current role, go work on

Megan Senior is used to seeing the world through the lens of her camera. As a freelance photographer, she explores the world from this vantage point to capture images that tell stories without words. As a social changemaker, she is passionate about using her skills

Thinking about changing your career in 2019? These 6 must-read books will help you better understand yourself, your career transition, and what steps you should take next to land your dream job. Barking up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker This might sound like a

Looking for the best way to give happiness this holiday season? According to research from WashU, it turns out that experiences give more happiness than traditional gifts. In particular, time spent helping others is scientifically proven to be a powerful pathway to personal growth and

Tammy Freeman doesn’t accept existing paradigms at face value. Her role as a management consultant is all about finding practical and sustainable solutions to complex challenges, and she thrives on using her insights to empower others to solve their own problems. After being briefly introduced

Want to launch a CSR program at your company? Show, don’t tell. But don’t just take it from us — that’s the approach Racquel Russell took in launching Zillow Group’s first social impact program, The Home Project. Building Zillow Group’s first ever CSR program was

Think about the clothes that you’re wearing right now — do you know where they came from? Do you know the names of the people who made them? How you know if you purchase helped create local jobs (or perhaps displaced them)? Not all apparel

At the annual Social Capital Markets Annual Conference #SOCAP18 I had the privilege of leading a speaking panel titled Building the Team Behind the Entrepreneur. Presenting with me were the impressive Kate Cochran (Upaya Social Ventures), Krishna Murthy (Sattva Consulting) and Maria Dayton (Singularity University). Together,

How do you know the last time you volunteered really made an impact, or that the dollars you donated really created change? These are common questions for people who are seeking to make a meaningful and sustainable impact both at work and in their free

Alejandro Raygoza came to MovingWorlds with an impressive professional background and a passion for both social impact and business innovation. Like so many of us, he was trying to connect the dots between his current career and his dream career at the intersection of business

2018 was a monumental year for the social enterprise movement, which made a large splash into popular culture with BlackRock’s CEO, Larry Fink, calling for more responsible companies. In his provocative statement to other companies, he declared that you “must contribute to society or risk

#BeyondBuzzwords is a webinar series for corporate changemakers. Each month, we’re joined by an industry-leading speaker to learn the “how” behind the successful social impact programs they’ve built, and lessons learned along the way. For September’s #BeyondBuzzwords episode, we were honored to feature Alice Korngold,

Picture this scenario: The leadership team of your organization is facing pressure from its board to be more ‘innovative’ and ‘entrepreneurial’ by finding a market-based model to create impact. Not exactly knowing where to start, the leadership team reads a blog post about human-centered design