Infoncast Bridges Last Mile Connectivity Gap in Africa For many nations in sub-Saharan Africa, the national languages are English and French. However, most of their citizens are not fluent in these languages; instead, they speak one of hundreds
Community Engagement PeaceTrees Vietnam Works to Heal the Wounds of War Founded in 1995, PeaceTrees Vietnam seeks to heal landscape and culture scars incurred during the Vietnam War. With over 10,000 people (20% of them children) killed or maimed by
RHours Seeks to Create Software-Defined Ownership Economy For project leader Glen, RHours represents the intersection of two areas of interest; a fascination for software development that began in childhood, and a passion for social equity and wealth
Civic Engagement Town Hall Project Promotes Political Accountability For citizens who want to keep track of their local government’s activities and policies, the only option was constant proactive engagement… until Town Hall Project was launched in January 2017.
Tech For Good Textio Engages Employees to Accelerate Civic Innovation Textio’s experiment with an internal tech-for-good Explorathon is paying off for the projects they selected and in employee enthusiasm.
FareStart Pilots New Approach to Engage Tech Volunteers A Case Study of FareStart’s Volunteer Technical Project Manager Pilot ProgramPhoto by Mike WilsonUnderstanding the gap between nonprofits and techMost nonprofits have significant technology needs that detract from their
Hack for your Mother DemocracyLab’s latest HackathonA visual by our friends @goforvisualseattleOn Saturday DemocracyLab held its third hackathon of the year, in collaboration with OpenSeattle, Seattle Tech for Good and CTAB. Over 70
Civic Tech Benefits of Skilled Volunteering Nonprofits today are stretched thin due to lack of resources and funding. Their challenges are growing and they’re constantly in need of expertise that may not be available within their own organizations.
Civic Tech The Untapped Potential of Civic Technology “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” -Albert Einstein
