Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

AI technology is relatively new, but the impacts of previous high-impact innovations like the power loom, steam engines, electricity, and digital computers shed ample light on what could happen next. The consequences of any technology depend on who gets to make pivotal decisions about how the technology develops.

Public and Social Policy 136

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 136

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I've been to the conferences and workshops, read the listservs, talked to the researchers and read some of the research, played with the public tools. Lots of executive orders and unfunded government mandates and policy proposals pushed by tech companies. Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash Ah, AI. Can't avoid it. Lots of press.

Public and Social Policy 59

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

By Joe Lee , Annie Newman & Bry Pardoe Public perceptions about government and government service delivery are at an all-time low across the United States. What sounds so obvious to the public, requires a Herculean effort to execute in government. So, how do we—and other future and existing government leaders—get there?

Governance 120

Governance Public and Social Policy Collaborations Production 120

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

By Paul Lamb , Principal at Man On A Mission Consulting , has over 25 years of experience in business, nonprofit management, technology, and public policy. At its core blockchain is a database technology. We’ve all heard about blockchain, or at least its most famous application – bitcoin. Blockchain Simplified.

Technology 103

Technology Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Homelessness 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Google solved the problem with networks : By engineering connections among hundreds of thousands of computers, Google radically expanded what their search technology could do. But networks are not only key to speed and scale in the technology sector; the same is true for ambitious climate policy.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. Unfortunately, the success of this transfer process is hit-and-miss and thus slows social innovation.

Public and Social Policy 104

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 104

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

A recent Salesforce survey found that more than a quarter of respondents are using AI tools at work, more than half of whom are using AI that is not approved by their organizations, including in the social sector. Candid has established AI policies for staff, one of which is that AI outputs must be verified for truth and accuracy.

Ethics 52

Ethics Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in other ways, it was old news for a country in which 92 percent of total employment is in the informal economy—a category that long predates gig work, and which is defined as any employment where workers lack access to government social and labor protections through their jobs. There’s much to be done to address these issues.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Governance Law Technology 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While immigration policies have prioritized high levels of education or family ties—and the political conversation tends to presume a basic scarcity of jobs—critical jobs in construction, agriculture, hospitality, and the care economy, including elderly care, cannot be automated.

Public and Social Policy 135

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 135

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

Health 111

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But this modern reality comes with an inconvenient truth: Our public institutions are not equipped with the updated skills they need to effectively tackle the world’s ever-escalating challenges—not by a long shot. Consider the climate crisis. There’s good reason for that, as these skills are foundational to the work of a well-run city.

Nonprofit governance and management 135

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 135

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2013

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits about online communications and fundraising, social media, and mobile technology. 4) 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report :: Download. 8) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download.

Technology 98

Technology Public and Social Policy Fundraising Fundraising 98

The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

Take your own journey further through private reflection and public sharing, acknowledgement of failures without shame, and discussing openly how you are solving for challenges. As a leader, you both set an example through your own actions and by influencing organizational culture and policies.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Culture 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

What little optimism remains to tackle such complex challenges is mostly placed in supranational schemes, such as the COP climate change conferences, or transformational national policy, such as the Green New Deal in the US. ” Scaling up social innovation takes time, but there are also varying ways it can be done.

Civil Society 104

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 104

Pam Moore

MARCH 31, 2017

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Marketing 165

Marketing Marketing Technology Leadership 165

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Since its inception in 2018, HLTH has focused on elements of the healthcare industry and served as a connective tissue for health payers, providers, employers, and investors seeking solutions to improve health outcomes, and the technology companies, vendors, and experts offering them. There were major fractures that we saw.

Health 85

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 85

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 22, 2024

By Natalia Kucirkova Educational technology, or ed-tech, shares some crucial similarities with fintech. Indeed, the lack of public leadership and financial incentives has positioned investors as not only economic but also political actors whose investment priorities speak to quality questions of the entire ed-tech ecosystem.

Public and Social Policy 62

Public and Social Policy Finance Education Education 62

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future. Companies can also look beyond their own walls for innovative ideas. Investment.

Health 103

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 24, 2023

Review by Perla Ni In Recoding America , Barack Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer argues that the success of government policies requires better implementation of digital services for the public.

Governance 52

Governance Technology 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Crowdfunding platforms collect data and feedback from users to refine their models and policies. Crowdfunding initiators can easily broadcast their campaigns to a wider range of potential donors and establish social relationships with them (Liang and Turban 2011 ). 2015 ), in a cost-effective manner.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Advertising 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies. Content moderators like Daniel, are social media’s essential workers. Simply put—there is no social media without content moderation. He would spend nine hours a day, for a wage of roughly $1.50/hour,

Public and Social Policy 137

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Health Collaborations 137

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Business publications once celebrated how the internet helps artisans thrive. Social media got harder for micro-businesses, too: linking to one’s website on a Facebook post without high levels of interaction by others to drive its overall reach often algorithmically condemns the post to a ghosted dustbin.

Public and Social Policy 123

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Manufacturing 123

Pam Moore

JUNE 2, 2017

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Manufacturing 167

Manufacturing Advertising Public and Social Policy Marketing 167

Beth Kanter

JANUARY 9, 2023

When we first started publishing and presenting on Smart Tech and AI tools to audiences of fundraisers, nonprofits, and funders in the social sector field, the media narrative around AI was presented as binary. It should not lead to replacing people or their jobs with the technology because to be effective these tools require human oversight.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Ethics Philanthropy Nonprofits 132

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 9, 2023

Image Credit: Daniel Mingook Kim on unsplash.com Two major problems confront California’s energy policy. Net energy metering is a policy that compensates households with solar panels for the extra energy they give back to the grid and, in turn, helps lower their utility bills. This policy decision was complicated.

Public and Social Policy 83

Public and Social Policy Energy Environmental Non-Profits 83

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

By Dai Ellis & Oliver Sabot Snatched from the jaws of defeat, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will hasten the transition of key markets—for energy, vehicles, cement, and more—toward “greener” technologies. The policy-setting, financial, and regulatory powers of governments will be absolutely critical.

Finance 97

Finance Health Governance Manufacturing 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. This is particularly important in social impact, where we need evidence to make decisions related to policy, funding, and programs, so we can solve intractable problems. million studies.

Public and Social Policy 102

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Universities Governance 102

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It has moved past stage one, “innovation trigger,” wherein the technology shows up everywhere all at once, and is now at its “peak of inflated expectations.” ” We have seen this cycle many times before with technologies like personal computers, mobile phones, and social media. It won’t.)

Ethics 132

Ethics Public and Social Policy Technology Public and Nonprofit Management 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

If you invest significantly in social and behavioral science research, you might find innumerable ways to improve on the existing status quo of donations. Perhaps some of your favored policies are indeed good ideas (e.g., You could spend millions or even billions on that cause. Or consider clinical trials in medicine.

Psychology 130

Psychology Public and Social Policy Public Policy Philanthropy 130

EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore a few key types of advocacy that help organizations drive positive change; tactics that unite and activate supporters; and technology to make this important work more effective and efficient. Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate.

Public and Social Policy 79

Public and Social Policy Education Education Nonprofit governance and management 79

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 31, 2023

By Gulsanna Mamediieva Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, technology was already a growing part of the Ukrainian economy and was central to the government’s vision to reimagine the way citizens and businesses interact with the state in the digital era: paperless, cashless, and without bureaucracy.

Governance 69

Governance Medical Technology Participation and motivation 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 25, 2023

By Trevor Zimmer In May, the COVID-19 national public health emergency officially ended. As the world emerges from this period of death, economic displacement, and social reordering, it will take years to fully understand how the pandemic impacted households, communities, and countries.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Manufacturing Health Finance 91

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Technology Goes Mainstream. Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 During the decades of the 1980s and 1990s that technology began to integrate into people’s lives. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . billion users, was only founded in 2004.

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Law 139

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

A 201 8 study conducted by India’s Department of Science and Technology found that Assam was the most vulnerable of the Indian Himalayan states to climate change, and many experts believe that Majuli Island might soon disappear , resulting in hundreds of thousands of climate refugees.

Agriculture 90

Agriculture Public and Social Policy Governance Construction 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Moreover, developing countries typically lack key technologies and financial resources that could help them become more resilient to climate change and its impacts. For debtors, there may be political resistance, a lack of public support, or concerns about unintended consequences or trade-offs.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 89

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Is it social media shares? Adopting guerilla marketing tactics has become an effective way to reach different audience demographics, generate social media buzz, and raise your nonprofit brand profile. Importantly, they’ll often share their progress on social media. Is it people buying tickets?

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Human and social services – 8%. Research and public policy – 1%. Public media and communications – 0%. Science and technology – 0%. Social media – 25%. Regular social media communication about the impact of my donation – 23%. Animals and wildlife – 11%.

Public and Social Policy 145

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Homelessness Charitable Organizations 145