Civil Society
From Petitions to Decisions
After Change.org placed petitions at the center of its platform, the size of its membership soared. But operating a high-volume petition site isn’t enough for its leaders. Includes magazine extras.
After Change.org placed petitions at the center of its platform, the size of its membership soared. But operating a high-volume petition site isn’t enough for its leaders. Includes magazine extras.
New research suggests that the feedback of nonprofit clients is less biased than many think.
Recent experience with government-convened hackathons has generated insights into the methods and instruments used to design effective mass collaboration efforts.
Leading organizations are placing bets on action over rhetoric.
An education organization in Pittsburgh transitions from watchdog to community engagement as its mission evolves.
How Healthcare.gov missed an opportunity to truly bend the arc of citizen engagement.
How one organization is combining the best elements of accountability and entrepreneurship to redefine development paradigms of the past.
Dr. Kohl Gill of LaborVoices discusses the mobile technology platform and how it can foster accountability and communication from supply chain executives to factory floors.
A report from the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative and Social Good Summit—the trading floors of the new philanthrocapitalism.
Three huge opportunities and three risks.