Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast

029: What is the role of games in making social change?

Games are fun and social change is serious. Right? We talk with Asi Burak, the president of GamesForChange.org an organization that leads the sector in thinking about the intersection of games and social change. Their annual Games For Change conference brings together the leaders in the gaming and social sector fields to learn about cutting edge advances in the field. 

Our conversation covers some examples of successful games and how nonprofits can start exploring gaming for social impact. 

028: Rockefeller Foundation tackles storytelling

We talk with Jereme Bivins, Digital Strategist at The Rockefeller Foundation and RJ Bee, SVP of Hattaway Communications.

The platform they created is called HatchForGood.org 

Hatch acts like a concierge, connecting you to a suite of tools and a growing community to help you leverage storytelling to drive social impact and improve the lives of the poor and vulnerable around the world.
Stories with purpose don’t just materialize—they’re strategically planned, they’re creatively crafted, and they're designed to achieve measurable outcomes.

Our conversation veered around and covered some of these questions:

- What is hatch, why did Rockefeller create this?

- What metrics are you looking at as you build it?

- How can nonprofits leverage it?

- What is the narrative framework and how did you come up with it

- What would you do differently if you were building it again?