Getting Leapfrogging Right
A new generation of digital breakthroughs holds the potential to deliver important social benefits, but only if we adopt technology in a different way.
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Disruptive Innovation: Where It Matters Most
It’s time to stop quibbling over what “disruptive innovation” means and focus on how to put it to work for good.
Mobile Impact Machine
A new partnership model leverages the world’s largest interconnected industry to help break cycles of poverty.
Information Wants to Find People
The shift in consumer expectations and information-seeking behavior is demanding a response from social sector organizations.
Engaging Employees for Emerging Market Success
Intel’s new approach to getting technology into rural classrooms worldwide.
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Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education
Learning with Big Data: The Future of Education offers real-world examples of how educators are using data to improve learning.
Digital Storytelling for Social Impact
A new study shows what nonprofits need to harness the power of narrative and networks to enhance their reach, resources, and impact.
Lessons in Mass Collaboration
Recent experience with government-convened hackathons has generated insights into the methods and instruments used to design effective mass collaboration efforts.
One Story, Mass Engagement
Presenters at the second-annual Social Media on Purpose conference discuss the power of one in generating global support.
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The Nature of the Future: From Institutions to Amplified Individuals
Technology can enable micro-contributions that allow individuals to accomplish difficult tasks in place of institutional approaches.