On doing good, smarter

• How to THINK about doing good, then act accordingly

• How to do good, better

• Biases, fallacies and misconceptions preventing us from impacting change

• You are a resources for change. Invest yourself strategically.

• Citizen advocacy: activism that actually impacts counterfactual change

• The Less-Harm Limitation: why do more good, too

• 80/20 altruism and impact hacks

• etc.

 

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On high-impact philanthropy

• Impact-maximization: why and how to give strategically

• Cause prioritization theory: what matters when choosing causes to support

• The difference between low- and high-impact charity

• Philanthropic planning for millennials 

• How to be a horrible philanthropist: a nonprofit leader’s perspective

• Hard truths about high-impact philanthropy: biases, fallacies and misconceptions

• Alternative philanthrolocalism: everywhere is local for some

• etc.

 

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On volunteering and impactful careers

• How to volunteer impactfully / How NOT to volunteer

• Voluntourism pre-departure checklist

• How to break into the international humanitarian and development sectors

• Laying the groundwork for international careers with the United Nations and INGOs

• Internationalizing your career AND impacting change

• Taxonomy of international NGO jobs

• etc.

 

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On the nonprofit sector

• Lessons from working in war zones and responding to natural disasters

• The realities of working in the humanitarian sector 

• Why NOT to be an aid worker 

• Humanitarian and Human Rights Advocacy 101

• etc.

 

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On impact and fulfillment

• Lessons from ~70 countries about what matters

• Don’t follow your passion: finding the intersection of joy, impact and fulfillment

• Save-the-world paralysis: building career, impact and fulfillment capital

• Perspectified: stop trying to find yourself and start making yourself

• etc.

 

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Contextual

• On responding to the Syria crisis

• On responding to the Book Haram crisis in NE Nigeria

• On responding to the earthquake in Haiti and returning a year later during the Cholera outbreak

• On coral reef conservation in the Philippines and Cambodia

• etc.