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The Benefits of Positive Parenting

David Bornstein

February 20, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, South Carolina

Improving the way people parent might seem an impossible challenge, given the competing views about what constitutes good parenting - can we influence a behavior that is rooted in upbringing and culture, affected by stress, and occurs mainly in private? Triple P – Positive Parenting Program works to educate parents on how to improve their parenting skills.

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The Complicated World of Higher Education for Troops and Veterans

James Dao

February 01, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Afghanistan, Kandahar, Kandahar Province

More than one million service members, veterans and their families take college courses financed with federal tax dollars. Their experiences are more complicated than those of their fresh-faced civilian peers, leading entities to explore the most effective ways to ensure they graduate.

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Leading the Way Out of Debt

Tina Rosenberg

January 30, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Neighborhood Trust is a New York-based nonprofit offering financial advice to individuals experiencing economic hardships. Providing hands-on coaching, counselors are able to inform their clients about financial options they may have otherwise not known about like college financial aid or child care tax credits.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems

Victor Luckerson

December 10, 2012 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Like their for-profit counterparts, charities are starting to embrace Big Data as a means to perform more efficiently and share that performance with potential donors. Data gathered is used both to measure successes and to highlight areas where program structure could be improved.

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The Power of Failure

Sarika Bansal

November 28, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

Nongovernmental groups – especially ones that depend on donations – hate to fail, and never make their failures public. But at new conferences, social activists share and learn from failure.

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The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur

David Bornstein

November 13, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

In a world divided into factions, social entrepreneurs are connecting people in new configurations and helping them work together more effectively because social entrepreneurs tend to pursue an end in a communal way.

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Social Change's Age of Enlightenment

David Bornstein

October 17, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

We’re getting smarter about the way we’re addressing social problems. Patterns in the most effective solutions are emerging, such as making evidence-based decisions, accepting that humans act irrationally, and bringing people back together to build comprehensive solutions.

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For Teenage Smokers, Removing the Allure of the Pack

Tina Rosenberg

August 01, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

Adolescent smoking remains a challenging health problem because of the allure of cigarette branding. Australia is piloting the transformation of cigarette packaging with a generic look that reduces the appeal of smoking. In Florida, the Truth campaign has exposed that cigarette companies targeted teenage consumers and, in response, created a set of new advertisements that presented the cigarette industry with transparency.

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The Recycling Reflex

David Bornstein

July 25, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Nationally, only about a third of municipal solid waste is recycled. An initiative to use simpler, standardized signs and labels is helping communities reap greater benefits from recycling.

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A Better Way to Talk About Faith

David Bornstein

June 12, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) brings together college students from different faiths so that they develop respect and appreciation for each other and different traditions. IFYC also cultivates interfaith leaders and organizes campus-based campaigns called Better Together. Some students have received push back from their faith communities, but students and faculty have reported the campaigns for interfaith engagement leads to positive outcomes of increasing tolerance on campuses. The organization has trained students who have run campaigns on 106 campuses.

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