How to motivate people to do good for others

Title:
How to motivate people to do good for others
Speaker:
Erez Yoeli
Description:

How can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or just generally act better towards others? MIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations -- or our collective desire to be seen as generous and kind instead of selfish -- to motivate people to act in the interest of others. Learn more about how small changes to your approach to getting people to do good could yield surprising results.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
12:22
Format: HTML5
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