Government
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.
Tag: Big Data
Review
Government
Government by Toolkit
The first chief technology officer of the United States offers a vision for remaking public services.
Measurement & Evaluation
Big Data for Social Innovation
Nonprofits lag behind business and science in using big data effectively.
Economic Development
Making Cash Pay Off
GiveDirectly relies on high tech and hard data to test whether large cash transfers can alleviate extreme poverty.
Technology
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.
Technology & Design
The Challenge of Scaling Digitally
The role of emerging technologies in traditionally “high-touch” development organizations—insights from BRAC’s recent Frugal Innovation Forum.
Social Entrepreneurship
Ambition to Audacity: Takeaways from the 2014 Skoll World Forum
Social entrepreneurship is getting bolder.
Podcast
Business
Environmental Sustainability in China Advanced Through Supply Chain Transparency
Ma Jun, Director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, describes the positive results achieved through the China Water Pollution Map.
Foundations
Experimentation: A Shortcut to Innovation
Leading organizations are placing bets on action over rhetoric.