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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Optimistically, philanthropy and civil society have responded with creativity and flexibility.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. The initiation power of civil society organizations does not end with “small wins.” .” Diffusion between cities does not only happen on the level of city governments. Create synapses for within-city learning.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Common Challenges

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

These technologies are more than just catchphrases; they reshape hub industries like retail, healthcare, and finance. Overcoming these obstacles requires collaboration between technology leaders, domain experts, ethicists, regulators, and civil society organizations. Chapters Artificial Intelligence: What Is It?

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Digital civil society rises amid commercial turmoil

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The following post is about the chaos that is now Twitter, the growth in the #fediverse, the damage being done in real time to disbursed communities of people and activists, the possibilities of digital civil society coming through to shine, and the need to think carefully and collectively. So, there's that. And chaos is his tactic.

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Nonprofits regained nearly 81,000 jobs in March, but still face a long road to full recovery

Candid

Reprinted from the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. What is more, while many of the job gains accrued to the leisure and hospitality and retail trade sectors, a significant number of these added jobs were seen in the education field—a key area of nonprofit activity.

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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This step, as described in a letter to the US Secretary of Education signed by hundreds of nonprofit organizations and scholars, is essential for nonprofit planning and policymaking, and would make nonprofits and foundations as visible as the manufacturing or retail sectors in federal statistical publications.

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The Long Shadow of Workplace Surveillance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If you ask most people what “workplace surveillance” means, they’ll likely think of security cameras in large warehouses or retail stores, making sure employees don’t steal merchandise or fall asleep on the job. The reality is far more pervasive.