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Social Media on Purpose
Marcia Stepanek provides a robust framework for building a social media strategy that fits with the organization's mission
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Silicon Valley Takes on Gun Violence
A group of Silicon Valley investors is challenging entrepreneurs to create high-tech solutions to reducing gun violence.
The “How” and “Who” of Emerging Market Tech Uptake
The dynamics of technology are changing rapidly in emerging markets, but leaders don’t necessarily agree on all the details.
Designing a Learning Organization
How organizations can use design to better implement, share, and expand on knowledge.
Libraries as Laboratories
In Accra, Ghana, social entrepreneurs are working to reinvent the public library for the 21st century.
Blurred Images, Better Futures
Software from a group called Ultrasafe Ultrasound promises to make it harder to practice sex-selective abortion.
The Call of Violence
In parts of the world, expanding cell-phone coverage brings with it an increase in violent activity.
The Snowden Leaks: Turning the Outside In
Our digital infrastructure is rapidly eroding accepted boundaries that diplomacy, good governance, and politics have relied on for centuries.
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Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy
Creating Climate Wealth discusses business model innovations that will help battle the effects of climate change.
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SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
SMART CITIES explores how the combination of city growth and new technology can bring opportunities for the future.