Government by Numbers
How CitiStat’s hard data and straight talk saved Baltimore.
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Networks for Good Works
Successful social innovators nurture close ties between members and infuse their networks with a common set of values.
Designing Trust
Spiffy Web sites aren’t just easy on the eyes; they’re also easier to believe and learn from.
Missed Signals
Why e-mail messages are so often misunderstood.
Child’s Play
A video game teaches children about famines and how to stop them.
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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.