by Alex Smith | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Earlier this week the world was swept by news of Prince Harry’s appointment as Chief Impact Officer (CIO) for BetterUp, a start-up founded in 2013 to prove a “people experience platform” that delivers services such as mental health support. The timing is important....
by Alex Smith | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog
Since the term “fake news” first began to circulate in 2014, the world has faced a deluge of “alternative facts” in what some have deemed to be a post-truth pandemic. The principles – of misinformation disseminated as incontrovertible truth – have long...
by Vertigo Ventures | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog
We have started a new initiative on the international impact discussion list – a monthly discussion point. September’s discussion point was: Has anyone been able to align the impact agenda against existing institutional strategy as a way of encouraging...
by Vertigo Ventures | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog
Exciting New Collaboration Tool Coming Soon This is a time when we need collaboration more than ever to collectively work on solutions to the myriad of issues COVID-19 has created. But finding collaborators is difficult when travel is restricted and conferences and...
by Vertigo Ventures | May 23, 2020 | Blog
What are the UN SDGs? The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an ambitious but achievable pathway for transforming the world by 2030. In this world, poverty will have been eliminated, everyone will have equitable access to resources, to social...
by Vertigo Ventures | May 14, 2020 | Blog
By Katie Brockwell and Kristy Evers Why is Impact Reporting Important? Many research organisations focus their mission statements on elements of transformation or responding to key local, regional, or global challenges (e.g. UN Sustainable Development Goals) with the...
