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Innovative ways to use cell phones and other mobile devices for social good

 
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Technology & Design

The Power and Possibility of Simple Technology

A new study reveals how Minnesota nonprofits are using everyday technology to innovate.

By Judith E. Alnes | May. 11, 2012
 
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Business

Sustainable Business Trends for 2012

Our greatest obstacles set the stage for new business opportunities in 2012 and beyond.

By Jeffrey Hollender | 1 | Jan. 23, 2012
 

Socially Responsible Business

A New Generation of Brazilian Businesses

Small businesses in the world’s 13th most unequal country are leading the way in serving low-income communities.

By Rob Parkinson | Dec. 21, 2011
 

Global Issues

Mobile Money: A Game Changer for Financial Inclusion

Imagine if everyone who had a cell phone could also have access to financial services, and could save and send money safely, regardless of location.

 
SSIR blogger Stephanie Wolcott is social responsibility director for the Alcoa Foundation in New York City and serves as content contributor to KIN Global at the Kellogg School of Management.

Social Entrepreneurship

Creating Jobs, Harmonizing Nonprofits, and Diagnosing Disease

The agenda for the off-the-radar Social Innovation Summit read like an all-star team of social innovators.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 3 | Dec. 2, 2011
 

Technology & Design

Walk With Makmende: Part 1

From the Field Series: A living case study of Makmende, which provides women in Nairobi with coordinated walking groups.

By Clare Corthell Bennett | Nov. 9, 2011
 
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Technology & Design

Mobile Measurement: Lowering Costs and Engaging Beneficiaries

We should be paying attention to monitoring and evaluation innovation in developing countries, where technology leads to better programs.

By Matthew Forti | Sep. 19, 2011
 
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Nonprofits

A New Tool for Digital Storytelling

There’s huge potential for organizations to use multiple mediums, content, and locations to advocate for the change they want.

By Amy Sample Ward | 1 | Aug. 11, 2011
 

Health

2011 Stanford Healthcare Summit

Featuring B.J. Fogg | Aug. 11, 2011
 

Education

Philanthropy and the Free Market in Education

Featuring Gisele Huff | Aug. 10, 2011