Gaming with a Purpose
Serious games tap into the same culture of online friendship from social networking to fuel peer involvement and encourage collaboration around real-world challenges.
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ReCoding Good: Part 7
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Fun: The Missing Ingredient
Online games make school relevant and engaging.
Developing Runways for Technology to Land
Connecting online and on-ground leads to greater impact.
The New Internet Public
Social networks are bringing new voices to the table and forcing political change in ways previously impossible—a report from the Personal Democracy Forum.
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The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
The Challenge of Organizational Learning
A recent study found three common barriers to knowledge sharing across nonprofits and their networks, as well as ways and means to overcome them.
The Dragonfly Effect
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.