Communication

Indian people gathered around a television-entertainment education

March 14, 2019

Seven ways to create entertainment with impact

Communicating a message through entertainment can be difficult, because you have to be careful not to preach to the audience, while keeping them engaged with the issue at hand.

by Anushka Shah, Kavindya Thennakoon | 6 min read

February 19, 2019

8 tips for communicating ideas to busy policymakers

How foundations, nonprofits, and others can effectively convey—and convince policymakers to support—their programmes and proposals for social change.

by Odette Chalaby, Lisa Witter | 6 min read

December 18, 2018

Building your website 101

Your website is usually the first reference point for your organisation, so making sure you have an informative, engaging website is imperative.

by Amita Chauhan | 5 min read

November 07, 2018

The science of what makes people care

Effective communication is not just about getting your message out. It requires you to strategically tap into what shapes people’s feelings and values. Here are five principles that will help you connect your work to what people care most about.

by Stanford Social Innovation Review | 5 min read

November 01, 2018

Striking a balance between structure and process

Restructuring an organisation is not just about changing people and processes. We need to focus on the intangibles like power structures, and the quality of supervision and decision-making.

by Deepankar Roy | 4 min read

August 24, 2018

If a report is published and no one reads it, did it really happen?

Investing in smart communications can help ensure that valuable research gets read and put to use in solving global development challenges.

by Malia Bachesta Eley | 4 min read

May 30, 2018

Why funding beyond the programme is a two way street

It takes two to make non-programmatic investments become a reality in the nonprofit sector. While funders must support sustainability and scaleability of programmes, so must organisations actively communicate what they need.

by Shridhar Venkat | 3 min read

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