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.
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One Story, Mass Engagement
Presenters at the second-annual Social Media on Purpose conference discuss the power of one in generating global support.
Podcast
Nonprofits
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.
The Advent of Zen Marketing
Nonprofit communication strategies need to stop pushing and pulling, and be present.
Review
Government by Toolkit
The first chief technology officer of the United States offers a vision for remaking public services.
Big Data for Social Innovation
Nonprofits lag behind business and science in using big data effectively.
Making Cash Pay Off
GiveDirectly relies on high tech and hard data to test whether large cash transfers can alleviate extreme poverty.
Putting Bullies in Their Place
A Web-based initiative uses analysis of social media chatter to locate hotspots of antisocial behavior.
Global Issues
Three Ways the Cloud Can Bring Clarity to Nonprofits
How organizations can begin transforming monitoring and evaluation efforts to support the ever-growing demand for measurable impact, using cloud-based tools.
Taking Mobile Money to the Next Level
For mobile money services to evolve, providers need to support all the activities that go on before, during, and after customers make payments.