October 1, 2018
Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society
In this 2018 virtual roundtable, experts in tech and data ethics explore how civil society organizations can work toward better policy for predictive technologies.
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We host conversations with scholars, practitioners, activists, and policy experts to support knowledge sharing and collaboration.
July 27, 2018
The Internet of Things: Risks and Rewards of a Connected Future
Podcast and Transcript: Nonprofit tech experts discuss how the Internet of Things has sparked a new era of social impact.
April 12, 2018
The Data Culture Project: Building Data Capacity with Confidence
Data culture experts discuss a hands-on, self-service curriculum that empowers professionals of all experience levels to work with data.
March 27, 2018
Good Data Collaborative: Defining Responsible Data for Nonprofits
Podcast and Transcript: Experts discuss responsible data, power, and the role of data and ethics in the tech for good space.
March 1, 2018
Data Labs: Improving Access to Government Data
Data practitioners discuss an emerging data-sharing model that helps dissolve barriers to collaboration while safeguarding sensitive data.
January 12, 2018
Predict-a-palooza: Civil Society Forecast 2018
Podcast: An expert panel and our virtual audience forecast the most important trends and challenges facing digital civil society in 2018.
December 15, 2017
Closing Civic Space in the Digital Age
Lucy Bernholz, Chris Worman, Mandeep Tiwana, Wilneida Negrón, and Dan “Blah” Meredith discuss the role of digital resources in shaping civic spaces.
October 13, 2017
The Open 990 and US 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 data-rich annual financial disclosure forms for U.S. nonprofits, publicly available as machine-readable digital data. With this change, the […]
September 28, 2017
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 a dynamic and diverse digital ecosystem whose increasing indispensability presents both opportunities and challenges for […]
August 18, 2017
The Open 990 and US Nonprofits
Featured Speakers [ess_grid alias=”open-990″] Date & Time October 12, 2017 11am-12pm Pacific / 2-3pm Eastern Register now The annual tax forms for U.S. nonprofits – known as “Form 990s” – are now available to the public in digital, machine-readable form when they are filed electronically. Researchers, journalists, giving platforms, infrastructure organizations and others are coming […]