Why Social Innovators Need Design Thinking
Design is a process especially suited to divergent thinking—the exploration of new choices and alternative solutions.
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From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.
PopTech: A Conference to Break Cynics
PopTech, the annual three-day meeting of innovators and do-gooders is a cynicism breaker.
The Seven Patterns of Nonprofit Digital Teams
What we’ve seen across all organizations, regardless of size, is that digital teams are the biggest predictor of online effectiveness.
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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
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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.