Barbara Brooks 4/2/25 Barbara Brooks 4/2/25

Change Please Coffee: according to Andy Magel

Change Please Coffee is what is known as an “employment social enterprise.” They began in 2015 as a single retail coffee cart in Covent Garden, London, and have since grown in the UK to 10 coffee stores and a training academy, helping their workers transition from experiencing homelessness to stable housing and a lasting career.

Olivia Muenz 10/5/24 Olivia Muenz 10/5/24

A Lesson from Corporate America: Investing in Teachers Can Transform Education

In her forthcoming book The Win-Win Workplace: How Thriving Employees Drive Bottom-Line Success, Angela Jackson shows that investing in talent is the key to mutual success between employees and employers. This also holds true for education.

Kelsey Thompson 9/18/23 Kelsey Thompson 9/18/23

Empowering nonprofits through data

MFF’s Data for Nonprofits Workshop Series is a six-part asynchronous learning experience that is offered free of charge and includes downloadable tools.

Kelsey Thompson 6/20/23 Kelsey Thompson 6/20/23

Tamra Ryan on breaking the cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty

Ryan hopes her research about the benefits cliff will lead to system-wide changes that help break the cycle of poverty.

Kelsey Thompson 8/22/22 Kelsey Thompson 8/22/22

Your MAP Fellowship questions, answered

We sat down with a few 2021 MAP Fellows to learn about their Fellowship experience and share their advice for potential future Fellows.

Barbara Brooks 6/20/22 Barbara Brooks 6/20/22

Community change through collective giving

Impact100’s support for the local nonprofit Project Lift has been transformative for helping improve the lives of at-risk teens and their families.

Kelsey Thompson 3/9/22 Kelsey Thompson 3/9/22

Behind the scenes of the 2022 MAP Project48 competition

This year, the Morgridge Acceleration Program (MAP) partnered with the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) to hold a 48-hour impact-athon.

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Why mentorship matters

According to 2020 MAP Fellow Ellis Milano, a great mentor helps you get out of your own way and reach your potential.

Contributor 2/9/22 Contributor 2/9/22

MAP Reflections: Reskilling workers with Jaylen Hackett

MAP Fellow Jaylen Hackett writes about his site visit with his MAP Mentor, Dr. Angela Jackson. The site visit is a core component of the program.

Contributor 1/26/22 Contributor 1/26/22

MAP Reflections: How to take advantage of the incubator model

MAP Fellow Allison Quintanilla Plattsmeir talks about how to take advantage of the incubator model.

Kelsey Thompson 1/25/22 Kelsey Thompson 1/25/22

Closing the opportunity gap in rural America

Why is data, and the ability for it to be visualized, so important and how will it help unleash the potential of rural places?

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Leveraging Gen Z’s zeal for sustainability

MIT MBA student Shravya Desai aims to inspire her generation to take the responsibility and action regarding sustainability. We met her through MIT Solve[Ed].

Kelsey Thompson 11/8/21 Kelsey Thompson 11/8/21

The 4-1-1 on MAP Project48

MAP Project48 is a two day, social impact hackathon. It’s like Shark Tank meets Oprah’s Big Give meets The Amazing Race.

Kelsey Thompson 10/25/21 Kelsey Thompson 10/25/21

Five things about Gen Z your nonprofit needs to know

Nonprofit organizations need to “understand the assignment” when it comes to building relationships with Gen Z.

Kelsey Thompson 8/1/21 Kelsey Thompson 8/1/21

ProFellow: An inside look at the MAP Fellowship experience

MAP Mentor Dani Hedlund sat down with our friends at ProFellow to talk about what inspired her to participate and what she gained from the experience.

Contributor 9/2/20 Contributor 9/2/20

You can’t plan for the future of work without workers

Many future of work programs fail to include the voices of those most impacted: the frontline worker.

Contributor 9/1/20 Contributor 9/1/20

Joining forces to create a more equitable future of work

Since the coronavirus began, a record-high 44.2 million Americans have filed for unemployment, creating a job crisis unlike any since the Great Depression.