March 27, 2020
How Can Digital Impact Help to Mitigate the Effects of COVID-19?
Digital Impact and the Digital Civil Society Lab are working with partners to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
Digital Impact was created by the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS and was managed until 2024. It is no longer being updated.
Posts by Chris Delatorre
February 14, 2020
Talk Europe! with Lucy Bernholz: Philanthropy in the Digital Age
In an interview with ERST Foundation, Lucy Bernholz calls on Europe to impart to tech platforms a set of standards that uphold the ideals of democracy.
February 11, 2020
Location Privacy: How Protected Are We?
Public Lab is developing a set of tools based on “location blurring,” a new system that would mitigate the abuse of big tech surveillance.
February 1, 2020
Upholding Transparency in the Age of Misinformation
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.
January 21, 2020
Can Data Make Bad Housing Practice a Thing of the Past?
Digital Impact grantee JustFix.nyc is leading a data coalition whose aim is to further housing justice in New York City and beyond.
December 20, 2019
Crowdfunding a Space for Civic Engagement
GivingTuesday’s Asha Curran explains how the movement has inspired a new generation of donors.
December 6, 2019
What Does It Take to Be a Data Champion?
Rachel Rank of UK-based 360Giving introduces a new kind of “data expedition” for professionals looking to connect with their work and each other.
November 22, 2019
Save, a New Open-Source App, Empowers Citizen Reporters
A new open-source app from OpenArchive is designed to give citizen reports more agency over their mobile media.
November 8, 2019
Data Is Going Local, Thanks to Human-Centered Design
Data advocate Heather Leson explains how local communities will help bring IFRC’s Data Playbook to life.
October 4, 2019
Breaking With Funding Tradition Can Offer Benefits Beyond the Obvious
Helen Turvey of Shuttleworth Foundation sheds light on the disconnect between funders and the communities they serve.