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Can We Nudge Our Way into a Healthier Future?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Michael on Unsplash A popular area of applied behavioral science, nudges are frequently deployed within public health and healthcare systems to influence people’s choices. And are nudges, which often take the form of guided choices, aligned with the principles of ethical and equitable health practices?

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” An ecosystem of scientist- and scholar-led nonprofit organizations has emerged to fight bias in AI systems.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. Two things changed how wealth was managed.

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

It’s unlike any healthcare appointment you have had , and when it’s time to go , you almost don’t want to leave. We believe that when Black birthing people are centered, healthcare is transformed—and the experience of birth has the power to transform and heal individuals, families, and communities.

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Nonprofit Leadership Lessons From Dr. Paul Farmer

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Yet Paul Farmer was also a brilliant, original, and often iconoclastic thinker when it came to nonprofit leadership. ” Paul was fond of this phrase—“hermeneutic of generosity”—which has deep roots in theology but that we rarely hear in management literature or political discourse.

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Unleashing the Power of Data: A Deep Dive into Data Scientist Training

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

A solid mathematical foundation is crucial for developing a deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, optimization techniques, and the underlying principles governing data transformations. This not only enhances trust in AI systems but also addresses ethical considerations surrounding algorithmic decision-making.

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How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. It might deliver healthcare, research, or education. Effective fundraising culture isn’t just different from the rest of the nonprofit. Shared governance, and. Risk management. Example: Nonprofit allows a broad range of donor-created gift restrictions.