Nonprofits & NGOs
Embracing the Business of Development
If we want to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we need to start at the bottom of the list.
Tag: Digital Divide
Review
Book Reviews
Tech Is Not the (Only) Answer
Digital tools are a necessary but not sufficient component of any long-term social change effort.
Energy
Renewable Energy Brings Opportunity for All
More than a billion people worldwide still lack electricity and the opportunity it can bring. But access is now more possible than ever.
Economic Development
Source of Opportunity
Sama Group, a social enterprise that connects disadvantaged people with digital work, is expanding its reach to the United States.
Technology & Design
Circulating the Internet
At two big-city libraries, patrons can check out a new approach to accessing a wide range of digital technology.
Technology & Design
Getting Leapfrogging Right
A new generation of digital breakthroughs holds the potential to deliver important social benefits, but only if we adopt technology in a different way.
Technology & Design
Information Wants to Find People
The shift in consumer expectations and information-seeking behavior is demanding a response from social sector organizations.
Socially Responsible Business
Engaging Employees for Emerging Market Success
Intel’s new approach to getting technology into rural classrooms worldwide.
Technology & Design
Libraries as Laboratories
In Accra, Ghana, social entrepreneurs are working to reinvent the public library for the 21st century.
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Technology & Design
SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia
SMART CITIES explores how the combination of city growth and new technology can bring opportunities for the future.