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AI For Good: How 3 Nonprofits Grew Their Impact With Machine Learning

Global Giving

Have you exchanged data with like-minded organizations to grow your impact? The Brain and Spinal Injury Center at the University of California, San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital have built the largest available dataset on acute spinal cord injuries.

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Contemplating Boulder and Social Impact

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Chuck is the president of Naropa University , but we first met when he was leading the Greyston Foundation, a pioneering social enterprise known for originally making brownies for Ben ‘n Jerry’s ice cream while employing formerly incarcerated individuals as the primary workforce. I have half a dozen great connections as a result.

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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Keep in mind that Thrive is not a given; it must be earned. She is a Lecturer at the London Business School, Faculty at Duke Corporate Executive Education, Advisor for Boston Consulting Group University, and a former fellow at the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance. Reset, or how to change, is the heart of SRT.

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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

Qgiv

A disability is any condition of the mind or body that makes it more difficult for someone to partake in certain activities and may impair their ability to participate easily in normal daily pursuits. There is so much diversity in the world, but one type of diversity that often gets overlooked or forgotten is disability diversity.

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Keeping Your 2016 Resolutions with NetSquared's Free Workshops

Tech Soup

Now, I'm no Houdini, but I predict that your New Year's resolutions are noble, high-minded stuff like "find a mentor" or "learn a new skill every month." San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

What’s the use of being in San Francisco if you can’t check out some cutting edge tech conferences now and then? He estimated that half the developers were hobbyists, and half were people with start-up ventures who came to San Francisco looking for seed funding. It’s basically typing with the mind.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofits That Can Boost Professional Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. Our book tour starts at the end of January, so if you are in San Francisco, Oakland, Boston, NYC, or Washington, DC, please join us.