Social Innovations
Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020
Rather than focus in (anymore than the buzzwords list already does) on the top 10 of the year gone by, let’s think about the factors that will shape philanthropy for the decade ahead.
Tag: Big Data
Environment
Bring Polluters Back In
Research reveals why low-income minority neighborhoods are often the site of the worst environmental polluters.
Social Innovations
A Look at “I Live in the Future and Here’s How It Works” by Nick Bilton
Insight into the malleability of data, and the need for stories and filters, are as relevant to those in philanthropy as they are to car salesmen, reporters, film makers, and fiction writers.
Nonprofits
Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Data Visualization
For nonprofits working on social change, data and data visualization are extremely valuable.
Technology & Design
The New Digital Divide
New levels of data-filtering, along with the growth of social networks that aggregate like-minded souls, are threatening civic engagement—and other assertions made at the Personal Democracy Forum.