Global Issues
Promoting Civic Engagement and Voting
Organizations are finding that subtle changes in language make a difference in how people vote.
Podcast
Tag: Democracy
Technology & Design
Nonprofits in the Age of the “New Citizen”
Good intentions abound in the civic and social technology movement—why are so few nonprofits participating?
Impact Investing
ReCoding Good: Part 8
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Technology & Design
The New Internet Public
Social networks are bringing new voices to the table and forcing political change in ways previously impossible—a report from the Personal Democracy Forum.
Podcast
Global Issues
The Civic Impact of Youth Volunteerism
McAdam reviews two follow-up studies of youth activists, and assesses the experiences and their long-term effects on volunteers.
Measuring Social Impact
Assessing One’s Own Performance
What the Irvine Foundation has learned over the past six years about performance assessment.
Civic Engagement
Civic Education Through Social Networks
In Kenya, civic education programs reached 4.5 million people in advance of the 2002 election.
Civil Society
Instagram-Style Innovation in the Public Sector
What if we leveraged the ingenuity and resources in Silicon Valley for the improvement and renewal of the rest of the country?
Philanthropy
ReCoding Good: Part 4
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Education
A Call to Arms for New Education Models
Leaders of higher education create learning communities where revolutions can begin every day.