Solving the Loneliness Epidemic, Two Generations at a Time
Four ways technology can help organizations working to fight loneliness, while transforming eldercare and the lives of older and younger adults.
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There’s No Formula for Taking Sensitive Trainings Remote
While the pandemic has clarified some best practices for online trainings, centering participants requires a creative approach, a deep understanding of participants’ needs, and thoughtful work to be responsive and flexible.
Tackling the Housing Crisis and Bridging Generational Divides Through Home-Sharing
Intergenerational home-sharing provides younger adults with affordable housing and older adults with needed income and a way to age in place.
Strengthen Media Literacy to Win the Fight Against Misinformation
If the world is going to stop deliberate or unintentional misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks, particularly human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy.
Leading Boards in a Virtual World
Thirteen ideas to keep boards effective and cohesive in a remote environment.
Recap of 2021 Data on Purpose Conference
A recap of this year's Data on Purpose conference on digital solutions to problems of democracy and civil society.
Inclusive Mobility Solutions
FutureLab identifies the gaps in mobility access that can hamper people’s ability to navigate everyday activities and codesigns solutions with its partners.
Liberation Technology
LibertApp is proving how technology can be used to stop human trafficking and save lives.
Frugal Solutions
A pioneering initiative is showing how traditional financial organizations can cocreate with nonprofits and entrepreneurs to improve the financial health of all Americans.
Open-access to this article made possible by the Financial Solutions Lab.
East African Health Accelerators and the Pandemic
Health-care innovation will be needed to put the brakes on the current pandemic and prepare the world for the next one. But how are accelerator programs adapting their activities to pandemic conditions?