Jeremy Heimans

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Jeremy Heimans

Founder, CEO

How to engage citizens

Jeremy Heimans started Purpose to incubate people and organizations with the potential for social change. It's the latest in a string of startups he's founded, including GetUp!, Avaaz, and AllOut.

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How To Lead A Purposeful Company Toward Social Change

Purpose, an agency for good, aims to be a “mothership for movement building.”

How To Lead A Purposeful Company Toward Social Change

How To Lead A Purposeful Company Toward Social Change

Purpose, an agency for good, aims to be a “mothership for movement building.”

How To Lead A Purposeful Company Toward Social Change

3 Movement Builders On How To Create Engaged Citizens

The founders of Purpose, Voto Latino, and PopVox weigh in on how to get more people involved in creating change.

3 Movement Builders On How To Create Engaged Citizens

3 Lessons On The Wrong Ways To Use Social Media To Create Change

Everyone might have made their Twitter pictures green during the Iranian elections, but when it comes to really changing the world, the experts say it’s going to take a lot more than a few tweets.

3 Lessons On The Wrong Ways To Use Social Media To Create Change

Impact

Walmart says it will reach zero emissions by 2040—without using any offsets

Here’s a simple way to increase voter registration: Have landlords give new renters the forms

This ambitious new plan could save monarch butterflies’ amazing annual migration

News

Trump wants to replace RBG with a woman: Here are 3 contenders

How to turn your anxiety about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court vacancy into action

IRS says millions may still be eligible for stimulus checks: Here’s a breakdown by state

Co.Design

Face mask vending machines are now a thing

This 10-second Trump clip is the best Biden ad of the 2020 Presidential campaign

This essential chart explains why election night could last a month

Work Life

Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed my life forever—but her fight isn’t over

3 biggest mistakes founder CEOs make when building that crucial first team

How the pandemic reset workers’ concept of work-life balance