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Skills

Transferring For-profit Skills to Social Impact Work

July 21, 2026 09:53 AM
Discover how Brent Goddard transformed a successful business career into a passion for social impact. Learn how his experience in corporate social responsibility and the Ballard Center is preparing the next generation of purpose-driven leaders.
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Community

Faith, Collaboration, and Lasting Change

July 09, 2026 04:11 PM
In this employee spotlight, Eva Witesman, director of the Ballard Center for Social Impact, shares insights on her career path and goals as a professor in the BYU Marriott MPA program.
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Resources

Interning at UI Charitable

June 29, 2026 09:45 AM
UI Charitable helps individuals, families, and organizations maximize the impact of their charitable giving through donor-advised funds, impact investing, and philanthropic strategy.
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Resources

Idealist.org

June 04, 2026 12:29 PM
Idealist.org serves as a comprehensive employment platform specifically focused on social impact organizations and nonprofit career opportunities. This resource provides practitioners with access to current job postings.
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Resources

Leadership and the New Science

June 04, 2026 11:58 AM
Wheatley draws on ideas from modern science, such as chaos theory, quantum physics, and selforganizing systems, to rethink how leadership and organizations actually function.
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Resources

Benefit Corporation and L3C Adoption: A Survey

June 04, 2026 10:00 AM
It tells the story of how new hybrid forms like benefit corporations and L3Cs were created because passionate changemakers didn’t fit into the old boxes of “nonprofit” or “forprofit.”
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Resources

Which Legal Structure is Right for My Social Enterprise?

June 04, 2026 09:49 AM
Imagine an organization that both makes money and makes the world better. This guide shows how hybrid legal structures bring that idea to life.
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Resources

The Black Church Food Security Network

June 03, 2026 10:31 AM
The following video is the highlights from Rev. Dr. Brown’s keynote address at the Ballard Center for Social Impact at BYU Marriott’s 2025 Do Good. Better. Conference where he was honored as the 2025 social innovator of the year.
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Journal of Nonprofit Innovation

June 02, 2026 02:54 PM
It brings together academics and practitioners to connect research with nonprofit practice and highlight innovative solutions to community and global challenges.
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Empowering Woman to Reach Their Full Potential

June 02, 2026 02:31 PM
Through articles, podcasts, courses, and global events, it encourages confidence, negotiation skills, and community connection. Visiting the site promises inspiration and actionable strategies.
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Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good

June 02, 2026 01:03 PM
This book applies lean startup principles to the world of social impact, showing changemakers how to test ideas quickly, learn from real-world feedback, and pivot toward solutions that create far greater good.
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Ditch the Digital Notes: Handwriting is Way Better for Memorization and Speed

June 01, 2026 12:44 PM
If you rely on digital notetaking, this article may change how you study. It explores how writing by hand can boost memory, focus, and understanding all backed by science.
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80,000 Hours

March 02, 2026 03:42 PM
80,000 Hours is a London-based non-profit that researches and advises on high-impact careers, aiming to help people solve the world's most pressing problems, such as artificial intelligence risks, pandemics, and global poverty.
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Guidelines for Ordering Physical Products (Swag/Merch)

February 27, 2026 03:00 PM
In the spirit of sharing best practices, we are publicly sharing some of our helpful processes and systems that we have developed to Do Good. Better. at the Ballard Center. Feel free to download and use the ideas or documents.
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