Vaccinating Against Fires
LaderaTECH is developing a hydrogel to preventatively treat areas at high risk for wildfires.
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Healing Our Health System, One Vote at a Time
How the work of bringing voter registration kiosks into emergency rooms has become more urgent—and more difficult—during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also expanded in scope. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
How to Ensure Medical Devices Help Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Governments, foundations, and social enterprises that want to ramp up the production and distribution of medical equipment in response to COVID-19 and other ongoing threats need to assess the process holistically or risk overpromising and underdelivering on important aid. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
A Digital Lifeline in a Public Health Crisis
Five lessons from a global development organization in Bangladesh that used a digital cash transfer program to help poor families struggling with COVID-19. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
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How Technology Shapes Social Movements
In an excerpt from The Future of Change, Ray Brescia analyzes how VAWA proponents used digital platforms to broaden their message and support.
The Problem With COVID-19 Artificial Intelligence Solutions and How to Fix Them
How nonprofit and business leaders can equitably and responsibly use AI systems in the fight against COVID-19.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.
Data-Centering the Community
Endeavoring to be a good neighbor, Microsoft supplements its data centers with local investments to boost economic and social development. A Field Report from the Summer 2020 issue.
Bank You
BanQu is the world’s first non-cryptocurrency blockchain app to help the world’s poorest people establish a verifiable economic identity. A Field Report from the Summer 2020 issue.
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Grecian Urns and Trend Reports
The value of a nonprofit is the presence and participation of its stakeholders and constituents. Technology creates the framework to make that value real. Part of the Technology for Change supplement sponsored by Salesforce in the Summer 2020 issue.