Tag: Activism
Innovations in the way that organizations use civil disobedience, protests, and other forms of activism to advance social progress
Civic Engagement
Slacktivism, the Gateway to Change?
Two points of Slacktivism: 1) organizations create and endorse the level to which people take action 2) “slacker activism” is a gateway to lasting change.
Review
Civil Society
People Power
Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World by Tina Rosenberg
Technology & Design
City Hall 2.0
Code for America enlists young tech talents in a year of service at city halls across the country.
Collaboration
Reflections on Jumo & Need for Co-Creation
If I have an idea to change the world, I should be just as welcome and have equal access to the spaces where I can share the idea and find others to help me make it come to life.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
If You Need Something, Just Ask
Practical solutions to problems such as how to ask people for help, how to motivate people to ask for help, and what to do after people have refused to help.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Firm Stereotypes Matter
Marketing professor Jennifer Aaker shows how stereotypes can be reframed to influence consumer behavior for nonprofits.
Philanthropy
Citizens United and New Rules for Nonprofits
The most important issue for the social sector in the United States in 2011 will be the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Podcast
Design Thinking
Can Defaults Save Lives
How can defaults help you save money, save the environment, and save lives?
Human Rights
Drowning Out Hate
The website Not In Our Town is combating prejudice by broadcasting anti-hate stories and campaigns.