Stanford Social Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring …
WEBBy Kristin M. Lord & Katya Vogt. If the world is going to stop deliberate or unintentional misinformation and its insidious effects, we need to radically expand and accelerate our counterattacks, particularly human-centered solutions focused on improving people's media and information literacy. sponsored. Civic Engagement.
AI’s Impact on Jobs and Work Is a Choice Between Two Futures
WEBOct 25, 2023 — Choosing AI’s Impact on the Future of Work. Rapid advances in AI threaten to eliminate many jobs, but there are still two distinct paths this AI revolution could take. In November 2022, OpenAI grabbed headlines by releasing ChatGPT, and “generative AI” became a term used in households around the world. …
What Is Community Anyway? - Stanford Social Innovation Review
WEBMay 12, 2015 — David M. Chavis, Ph.D. (@chavispower) is the Principal Associate and CEO of Community Science and is internationally recognized for his work in the implementation, support, and evaluation of community and systems change initiatives.The primary focus of his work has been the relationship between community development and the prevention of poverty, violence, substance abuse, and other social ...
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
WEBIn October 2010, three men—Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey; Cory Booker, who was then mayor of Newark, N.J.; and Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook—appeared together on The Oprah Winfrey Show to announce an ambitious reform plan for Newark Public Schools. On the show, Zuckerberg pledged a $100 million matching grant to support the goal of making Newark a model for how to ...
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models - Stanford Social Innovation Review
WEBMar 16, 2009 — William Landes Foster is a partner at the Bridgespan Group, where he advises direct service nonprofits and foundations and leads research on social sector funding. He is a coauthor of “Should Nonprofits Seek Profits?” (Harvard Business Review, February 2005), “How Nonprofits Get Really Big” (Stanford Social Innovation Review, spring 2007), and “Money to Grow On” (Stanford Social ...
Stopping Child Porn - Stanford Social Innovation Review
WEBStopping Child Porn. Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast. Not so long ago, those who trafficked in pornographic images of children kept to the shadows, operating their nefarious business far from mainstream channels. Then along came the Internet. The advent of instant publishing and file ...
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
WEBThe nascent field of social entrepreneurship is growing rapidly and attracting increased attention from many sectors. The term itself shows up frequently in the media, is referenced by public officials, has become common on university campuses, and informs the strategy of several prominent social sector organizations, including Ashoka and the Schwab and Skoll Foundation foundations.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean? - Stanford Social Innovation …
WEBSep 15, 2016 — The term “equity” is spreading like wildfire in some philanthropic circles. It is showing up more and more in organizations’ mission and values statements. It is making its way into the titles of conferences, plenary and breakout sessions, and meetings at the national, state, and local levels. At a recent gathering of organizations ...
Rediscovering Social Innovation - Stanford Social Innovation Review
WEBConsider, for example, the quintessential social innovation: microfinance—the provision of loans, savings, insurance, and other financial services to poor people who lack access to the conventional financial system. Microfinance combats the widespread and intractable problem of poverty: Billions of people trapped in a cycle of subsistence because they cannot gain access to capital to invest ...
What US Schools Can Learn From Finland’s Approach to Education
WEBNov 7, 2019 — In November 2018, our organization, Future School Lab, organized an expert-led tour of Finnish schools and meetings with education leaders as part of HundrED’s Education Innovation Summit.When we reflected on the experience, we came away with four main reforms any US state or school could implement to make sustainable improvements within the current system.