Five-Digit Giving
How texting became young donors’ preferred way to make charitable donations.
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Information Overload, Action Deficit
Real change only occurs when people, and the institutions we collectively form, restructure to make better use of new technology.
It’s Not about Apple—It’s About Community
How are your tools defining the way you can work or the way you can engage with your community?
Connectivity for Youth
“Digital citizenship” and connectivity are opening up new avenues to tap into the creativity, inventiveness and enterprise of youth to create educational and economic opportunities.
The New Digital Divide
New levels of data-filtering, along with the growth of social networks that aggregate like-minded souls, are threatening civic engagement—and other assertions made at the Personal Democracy Forum.
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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.