Over 70% of students think having a job where they can make an impact is essential to their happiness, but many people joining the workforce are under a lot of financial strain. Can career-coaching organisation 80,000 Hours convince ethically minded Millennials to ‘earn to give’?

Lying in his hospital bed, terminally ill teenager Stephen Sutton shared a photo on Facebook for his final week. A week later, he is still alive and has raised over £3 million for charity, showing the powerful effect of telling a personal story through social media.

Kony 2012 achieved 100 million views in under one week, becoming the first viral video in history to do so. Like it or not, the campaign has resonated with millions of teenagers worldwide. How?

At a time when a man making a potato salad can raise over $50,000, some argue that crowdfunding has taken a silly turn. Attempting to disprove this, HandUp is a crowdfunding platform that helps connect backers directly with homeless people in need of help.

80% of the world's eyewear brands are designed and manufactured by a single company. In 2010, a start-up eyewear designer with a revolutionary e-commerce platform set out to disrupt the marketplace. Where is Warby Parker headed next?

People are willing to show support for social causes – provided they don't have to do much - and brands are finding new ways to tap into the strength of the herd. By re-engineering menial actions – from buying body lotion to having sex – there are ways to reward everyone.

From Just Giving Facebook updates to wearing H&M’s Conscious Collection, public displays of philanthropy have become a symbol of status. But does it really matter that these new do-gooders are motivated only by people seeing them do good if the outcome is still positive?

The Samaritans is a Kenyan-produced mockumentary that satirises Western NGOs and their misguided attempts to provide foreign aid in African countries. But if conventional approaches don't work, could greater contextual awareness be the answer?