Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Virginia Eubanks, Rashida Richardson, and Di Luong discuss the growing use of algorithms in our communities and how civil society organizations can work toward better policy for predictive technologies. Pretrial risk assessment algorithms are often …
The Internet of Things: Risks and Rewards of a Connected Future
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Robin Wilton, Sona Shah, and Amy Sample Ward discuss the current state of IoT among nonprofits and how it has sparked a new era of social impact. The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to the …
The Data Culture Project: Building Data Capacity with Confidence
Listen to Catherine D’Ignazio, Rahul Bhargava, Maryna Taran, and Andrés Felipe Vera Ramírez discuss a hands-on, self-service curriculum that empowers professionals of all experience levels to work with data. Many organizations are struggling to find ways to build capacity …
Good Data Collaborative: Defining “Responsible Data” for Nonprofits
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Kelly Church, Natasha Duarte, and Zara Rahman discuss responsible data practice, power, and the role of data and ethics in the tech for social good space. A recent exploration of responsible data (RD) practice in …
Data Labs: Improving Access to Government Data
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Tracey Gyateng, Rod Clark, and Justine Hastings discuss an emerging data-sharing model that helps dissolve barriers to collaboration while safeguarding sensitive data. The Data Labs project led by New Philanthropy Capital and the Governance Lab aims …
Digital Impact – Medellín
Medellín: Join us on March 21! Digital Impact is coming to Medellín to learn how social sector leaders are creating impact in the digital age. Nonprofit organizations and foundations increasingly depend on digital data to inform their strategies, monitor their …
Digital Impact – Mumbai
Mumbai: Join us on February 7! Digital Impact is coming to Mumbai to learn how social sector leaders are creating impact in the digital age. Nonprofit organizations and foundations increasingly depend on digital data to inform their strategies, monitor …
Podcast & Video: Predict-a-palooza: Civil Society Forecast 2018
Civil society – our shared space and work for the public good – faces startling new pressures and possibilities in this dynamic, digital age. What trends, issues, and challenges will shape or shake up civil society in 2018? Digital …
Podcast & Video: Closing Civic Spaces in the Digital Age
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Chris Worman, Mandeep Tiwana, Wilneida Negrón, and Dan “Blah” Meredith discuss the role digital resources are playing in the closing of civic spaces around the world. Civic spaces are closing around the world. Digital data and infrastructure are playing …
Predict-a-palooza: Civil Society Forecast 2018
Featured Speakers Civil society – our shared space and work for the public good – faces startling new pressures and possibilities in this dynamic, digital age. What trends, opportunities, and risks will inform and reshape civil society in 2018? Join …