Featured Speakers The Internet of Things, or IoT, refers to the growing network of connected “things” — devices, vehicles, household appliances — that are able to store, transmit, and exchange data. If you think IoT has nothing to do with …
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 …
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 …
Closing Civic Space in the Digital Age
Featured Speakers Civic spaces are closing around the globe. What role has digital data played in restricting civil society, and what are next steps for ensuring open civic spaces in this digital age? Join us as we gather experts to …
Podcast & Video: The Open 990 & U.S. Nonprofits
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, Beth Simone Noveck, David Borenstein, and Neville Vakharia discuss the new machine-readable Form 990 and the opportunities and challenges presented to U.S. nonprofits and civil society. Recent regulatory changes have made e-filed Form 990s, the …
Podcast: Internet Health: A Checkup for Civil Society
Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Solana Larsen, Dhanaraj Thakur, and Jessica Feldman discuss how we can define, measure, and foster a healthy internet for civil society. Shaped by technology, policy, commerce, culture and a host of other influences, the internet is …