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Technology & Design

 

Innovations in technology and design that serve the world

 

Education

What’s Holding Back Mobile Phones for Education?

Mobile broadband will revolutionize learning networks around content delivery and workforce development.

By Linda Raftree & Nick Martin | 1 | Feb. 11, 2013
 

Social Entrepreneurship

The Truth About Disruptive Development

The West shouldn’t create solutions to problems we don’t understand using fashionable mobile technologies.

By Ken Banks | 20 | Jan. 16, 2013
 

Technology & Design

Ten Technology Trends to Watch in 2013

Ten things nonprofits should consider as they develop their technology strategy in the new year.

By Mark Tobias | 2 | Dec. 18, 2012
 
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Fundraising

The Humanitarian Technologist’s Dilemma

We must push for inclusion of technology in grant proposals.

By William Brindley | 2 | Dec. 14, 2012
 
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Civil Society

The New Public Square

In a time of limitless connectivity, mass collaboration, access and sharing of knowledge worldwide, public media steps in to focus the clamor on civic discourse and social change.

By Sally Jo Fifer | 1 | Dec. 11, 2012
 
Jenifer Morgan is the digital editor of Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Technology & Design

Mirrors to Windows, and Youth Innovation

Tech education and the power of opportunity—a report from the Social Innovation Summit.

By Jenifer Morgan | 1 | Dec. 10, 2012
 

Technology & Design

Turning Design Thinking to Design Doing

Getting started: insights from experiments in Southeast Asia.

 
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Technology & Design

Transforming Democracy Through Digital Technology

Five lessons from groundbreaking women.

By Courtney Martin | 3 | Dec. 3, 2012
 

Technology & Design

Arab Health Care and Online Development

The Jordanian startup Al-Tibbi is leveraging the Arab World’s growing online penetration rates to enhance the region’s health care agenda.

By Jamil Wyne | Nov. 29, 2012
 

Health

Preventative Child Health in Mali

Pesinet, a French NGO, is assessing the added value of technology in reducing child mortality.

By Elena Bridgers | 4 | Nov. 20, 2012