Businesses have long leaned on cutting-edge technology to maximize profits, while the nonprofit sector has traditionally been slower to incorporate innovations such as AI. But if we want to tackle the world’s most pressing social problems, that must change, says philanthropist and MacArthur Genius grant recipient Jim Fruchterman in a new book.
In Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems, out September 2nd, Fruchterman highlights social good organizations that are using technology to solve real-world problems—homelessness, mental illness, climate change, child abuse, and more. Fruchterman is a tech-for-good leader and the founder of the nonprofit Benetech, which created Bookshare, an online library for people who are