Articles Tagged With 'information+technology'
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| Winter 2007 | Government |
Government by Numbers
How CitiStat’s hard data and straight talk saved Baltimore.
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| Fall 2008 | Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship |
Dialing for Development
The world’s neediest people are using mobile phones in ways that were never intended, and with great success. With wireless technologies, Indian farmers are finding out the latest crop prices, Nigerian youth are learning how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and Peruvian citizens are reporting criminal activity in their neighborhoods. Yet dialing into these powerful tools is not always straightforward. The author explains how to make the wireless revolution ring in economic growth and prosperity for people living at the bottom of the pyramid. |
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| Winter 2009 | Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
What’s Next: Let’s Share
A new evaluation tool allows donors and investors to track their investments and compare their data to those of organizations doing similar work. |
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| Winter 2009 | Social Entrepreneurship • Microfinance |
What’s Next: Let’s Play Microloan
Win beads, give loans. |
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| Winter 2009 | Nonprofit Management |
Q & A: William Brindley [Free!]
William Brindley spent most of his career keeping financial institutions at the leading edge of technology. Now, as CEO of the nonprofit consortium NetHope, he is using those same skills to help nonprofits do the same. NetHope now has 25 member organizations, among them Save the Children, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Catholic Relief Services. |
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| Spring 2009 | Corporate Social Responsibility | What’s Next: The Pepsi Spirit—of Giving Back | |
| Spring 2009 | Healthcare | What’s Next: Texting It In | |
| Spring 2009 | Education • Social Entrepreneurship | What’s Next: Turn on the TV, Class | |
| Spring 2009 | Government | What’s Next: Polling Power | |
| Spring 2009 | Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
Research: Why No Dimes Online
Many philanthropists refrain from online giving. |
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| Spring 2009 | Environment |
Shades of Green [Free!]
Using social networking tools, the author reveals the intricate web of relationships that exist between business and environmentalists and suggests ways that these relationships could become even more fruitful in the environmental movement. —By Andrew J. Hoffman |
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| Spring 2009 | Arts, Culture, and Religion • Government |
Millennials MoveOn [Free!]
To propel young folks to the polls, a political organization mixed Web 2.0 tools with social science savvy. —By Lee Bruno |
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| Summer 2009 | Healthcare |
Mobilizing Against Fake Drugs
Texting emerges as a source of confirmation for drug legitimacy |
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| Summer 2009 | Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
Tweets for Change
Tweeters come together for spontaneous gatherings of like-minded philanthropists |
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| Winter 2010 | Government • Community-Centered Planning | Keeping an Eye on Parks | |
| Spring 2010 | Education |
What’s Next: The Flattened Campus
Is the demand for university education too great for the supply? |
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| Spring 2010 | Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing |
What’s Next: Bite-Sized Goodness
In the time it takes to update your Facebook page, you could be making the world a slightly better place |
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| Spring 2010 | Arts, Culture, and Religion • Human Rights |
Airborne Peace
In Rwanda, Radio La Benevolencija uses soap operas to heal ethnic tensions |
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| Spring 2004 | Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship |
The Humanitarian Divide [Free!]
A Cambodian ‘nonprofit company’ peddles |
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| Fall 2004 | Nonprofit Management |
Nonprofits and the Net
Tight budgets and a lack of technical know-how |
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