Digital Fluency at the BOP
Mobile adoption at the base of the pyramid will bring massive development benefits, but we must seize the unique opportunity to drive pre-emptive positive digital behavior to help safeguard vulnerable communities.
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Data Game
To leverage data science for social good, one company is working to foster a bit of healthy competition.
Disruption for Good
Rapid advances in technology are changing philanthropy in fundamental ways—making it potentially more rational, effective, collaborative, transparent, and democratic.
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Misdiagnosing Science
A survey of obstacles to innovation focuses erroneously on the supposed caution of university-based scientists.
When Will Design Get Serious About Impact?
To achieve sustained impact, designers should strive to shift the fundamental dynamics of development.
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Dragonfly Effect
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
The Information Age Goes Old School
Is the digital divide a thing of the past?
Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
Big Data for Social Innovation
Nonprofits lag behind business and science in using big data effectively.