Using visual reality and augmented reality to benefit your nonprofit may sound like pie-in-the-sky thinking, but these tools may help you communicate complex ideas about social systems in ways that conventional media simply cannot.
How does a news site make a point other than through straight reporting? The interactive simulation ProPublica and WNYC published this week offers insights into the process of applying for refugee status.
This story suggests that ordinary people had a skeptical relationship with electronic media long before the Facebook fiasco. What kind of conscious resistance will it take to foster honest democratic dialogue?
How do algorithms measure up when compared to human experience in decision-making? Do algorithms add to inequality? What are the unintended consequences of machine-led decision making?
Thousands of nonprofits across the country have been racing to meet a deadline set by Google’s AdWords Ad Grant program in December. Many may not be able to demonstrate the necessary 5% click-through rate over two consecutive months.
Former employees of tech firms such as Facebook, Mozilla, Google, and Apple are saying that our overuse of technology is harming the fabric of our society.
These awards celebrate examples of the art and science of changing hearts and minds. They also remind us all of the need to consider how we can creatively communicate our nonprofits’ own messages.
The Nerdery marries its hackathon-style support with the potential for long-term nonprofit-techie partnerships.
After a few years of platform failures in Minnesota’s Day of Giving, nonprofits are hedging their bets by establishing systems slightly outside of the danger zone.
Jim Fruchterman’s Benetech contains valuable nuts-and-bolts lessons for aspiring social entrepreneurs: There is almost always a need for some philanthropic capital, and technology, while vitally important, is no substitute for persistence.
