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Digital Impact was created by the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS and was managed until 2024. It is no longer being updated.

Reports

Technology as a Strategic Tool for Moving Forward

A new guide from the Technology Association of Grantmakers, NetHope, NTEN, and TechSoup positions technology as a tool for overcoming adversity.

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A New Class of the ‘Tech Left-Behind’

A recent report suggests that while technology today is advantageous for some, the culture behind it debases the core tenets of human dignity.

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Integrated Advocacy: Paths Forward for Digital Civil Society

A report from the Digital Civil Society Lab looks at how organizations are evolving to address policy issues in the digital age.

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GDPR Compliance and Closing Civic Space

A new report looks at how the GDPR can be used against social sector organizations and what they should do to prepare.

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Civil Society and GDPR Compliance

A report from OSF looks at how nefarious actors have tried to use the GDPR to stifle public interest research and reporting in the social sector.

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The State of Open Humanitarian Data 2020

A new report from the Centre for Humanitarian Data aims to increase awareness of data that is available and missing across humanitarian operations.

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GDPR: ICO Publishes Final Guidance on Consent

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has released tools to help organizations prepare for the GDPR. The latest guidance features key changes from past iterations.

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GDPR Guidance for Fundraisers

A new report reviewed by the Information Commissioner’s Office draws on more detailed guidance to better equip organizations ahead of the May 2018 deadline.

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Lessons on Supporting Open Data Leadership

Open Data Institute has released a method report highlighting lessons on supporting public sector open data leaderships.

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Upgrading the Infrastructure for Social Change

Markets for Good has shared a draft of a “vision paper” that signals how and why we think the sector needs to upgrade its information infrastructure.

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