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Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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.

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The New Problem-Solving Skills That All Cities Need

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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. This required a sustained emergency posture and high degrees of creativity, agility, and collaboration.

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Social progress, on the other hand, shows a very different picture. From 2000 to 2021, progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been anemic, registering less than 10 percent growth over 20 years. What explains this massive split between the corporate and the social sectors?

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The Ghost Workforce the Tech Industry Doesn’t Want You to Think About

Stanford Social Innovation Review

He believed he’d been recruited as an IT administrator for a company called Samasource. hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies. hour, looking at some of the worst things imaginable to decide whether they violated Facebook’s content policies.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over the last year, she had to visit the emergency room at the local hospital three times when she and members of her family developed severe respiratory symptoms. Historically, the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) has been used as a term to capture these important upstream, non-medical drivers of health. Elisa isn’t alone.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit Management.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit Management.