Three winners have been announced for Apps 4 Africa, a contest initiated by the U.S. State Department that is aimed at harnessing Africa's tech talent for social change. The competition, launched on July 1, was a rare example of a government agency crowd-sourcing ...
In our Big Ideas series, we check in regularly with top thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wrestling with, what opportunities and challenges they see up ahead for the sector. Today we ...
In our Big Ideas series, we check in regularly with leading thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wresting with, and what opportunities and challenges they see up ahead for the sector. Today ...
In our Big Ideas series, we check in regularly with top thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wrestling with, and what opportunities and challenges they see up ahead for the sector. Today ...
A few weeks back, The Blind Project, a New York City-based nonprofit that helps commercial sex workers and people enslaved in sex trafficking in Southeast Asia, rolled out a crowdsourcing fashion-design challenge to highlight these issues. The competition, called Be A Biographer, invites ...
Summer. For some kids, it means freedom, swimming, endless days and lasting memories; sadly, for many it can also mean falling far behind at school. Researchers call it "summer learning loss," and while it touches students at all grade and income levels, its ...
I swung by the 92Y Tribeca here in New York Tuesday evening for a cool book event: Nancy Lublin, author of the new book Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business, in conversation with the Economist's Matthew Bishop, of Philanthrocapitalism fame. Lublin founded ...
Starting today, we're going to check in regularly with big thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wrestling with, and what opportunities and challenges they see up ahead for the sector. First ...
More than 100,000 Americans are "chronically homeless," meaning they live on the streets or in shelters for a year or more. If a new campaign launched yesterday meets its goal, every one of them will be housed by 2013.
Social innovators can learn from each others' successes and failures. That's the idea behind Dowser's Mini Case Studies, real-world stories showing how changemakers confront practical challenges. From time to time, we'll add to the mix great studies from around the web. Here's one ...