February 25, 2021
Navigating Disinformation
These materials are designed to build understanding around the implications of disinformation in nonprofits and equip people with tools and resources they can use to fight against it.
February 25, 2021
These materials are designed to build understanding around the implications of disinformation in nonprofits and equip people with tools and resources they can use to fight against it.
June 27, 2020
Prioritizing news distribution over reporting makes journalists and platforms active participants in spreading misinformation.
February 1, 2020
Rachel Smith of GlobalGiving is calling on the social sector to help with a new set of standards that will address today’s ethical challenges.
November 30, 2015
In part two of a two-part series, Lucy Bernholz shares her thoughts on #GivingTuesday, data, and giving in the digital age.
January 9, 2014
New compendium of blog posts from Markets For Good captures discussion and debate around how to strengthen the “information infrastructure” of the social sector: “Selected Readings: Making Sense of Data and Information in the Social Sector.” Going forward, you can access this publication, in downloadable e-book format, directly from our...
January 31, 2013
Markets For Good, Curator’s Note The nonprofit sector is on the front-lines, working to solve the toughest social problems. But, perhaps the first problem to solve today is an internal one: upgrading our data practices. On airplanes we are strongly advised to put our individual oxygen masks on first, before...
October 15, 2012
Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, Deputy Director for Philanthropy Programs at the Aspen Institute’s Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, discusses the need for nonprofit data and the impact that it can have. A good part of the problem, however, is unlocking that data from the protocols and structures that render is...
April 23, 2021
This overview of digital identity encourages nonprofits to think about why digital IDs matter to civil society, and how to use what they learn to protect their community's interests.
December 21, 2020
Author and human rights advocate Alexa Koenig explains how the Berkeley Protocol will empower the next generation of human rights defenders.
December 18, 2020
With help from Digital Impact, the Human Rights Center at UC-Berkeley is working to standardize digital open source information for criminal and human rights investigations.