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Live Update from #GPW2016

Impact & Innovation

March 7, 2016 Matt Clark no comments

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 organizat...

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Mind the Gap: Companies Partner to Build Skilled Labor

Impact & Innovation

October 26, 2015 Amanda MacArthur no comments

Within five years, The McKinsey Global Institute predicts a global deficit of over 85 million high- and medium-skilled workers and a global surplus of nearly 100 million ...

How to Get the Right Pro Bono Expertise for the Job

Global Pro Bono

May 27, 2015 Deirdre White no comments

Curated and Edited by Robert Roshenthal, VolunteerMatch Chapter written by Deirdre White, PYXERA Global CEO, and Amanda MacArthur, Vice President Glo...

WEB Anthony Banbury Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission for Emergency Ebola Response Visits PST1 ETU-9

At War with an Invisible Enemy

Leadership

February 26, 2015 Alicia Ness 1 comment

“This isn’t 15,000 incidents of eating bushmeat,” Paul Farmer said. “It’s weak public health systems.” Prior to his remark, I thought that contracting E...

Global Pro Bono: A Game Changer for Global Development

Global Pro Bono

December 5, 2014 Gavin Cepelak no comments

In 1985, the United Nations passed a resolution to honor the efforts of the countless men and women who have dedicated their time to international development efforts. Th...

BIZ+Social: New Global Citizen, HBR, Fast Company, More

Biz+Social

November 17, 2014 New Global Citizen no comments

WASHINGTON, DC | November 17, 2014 - This week on BIZ+SOCIAL, we bring you the best from the New Global Citizen, HBR, Fast Company, and more. GLOBAL PRO BONO Why IB...

Partnership is the Finest Form of Flattery

Impact & Innovation

October 29, 2014 Amanda MacArthur 1 comment

“Partnership” is to relationships what “vanilla” is to ice cream. It has been so overused, in many cases with no real definition. A previously useful word has fallen prey...

Collaboration for Community Impact

Global Pro Bono

October 21, 2014 Gina Tesla 1 comment

The New Global Citizen celebrates Pro Bono Week with a story of the power of global pro bono. The value of the IBM Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program is the triple ben...

Power Africa Takes Off and Africa’s Future Grows Brighter

Impact & Innovation

July 29, 2014 Amanda MacArthur no comments

Recently, I was sitting in a hotel boardroom in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a team of executives from a major pharmaceutical company who were seeking to gain a better und...