Jared Cohen is a Member of Secretary Clinton's Policy Planning Staff. He also chairs the Policy Planning Staff Working Group on 21st century statecraft. At a recent L2 Conference he discussed how Gen Y (born 1982-2000) and technology are changing history.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger commissioned the California Broadband Task Force (CBTF) to “remove barriers to broadband access, identify opportunities for increased broadband adoption, and enable the creation and deployment of new advanced communication technologies.” The governor also requested that the CBTF “pay particular attention to how broadband can be used to substantially benefit educational institutions, healthcare institutions, community-based organizations, and governmental institutions.”
The Task Force’s final report, “The State of Connectivity – Building Innovation Through Broadband.” This report represents the culmination of more than a year of work by the Task Force, and includes maps of current broadband availability and speed, recommendations to increase broadband access and use, and a timeframe in which to meet these critical goals. The report is available online at http://www.calink.ca.gov/taskforcereport.
Thanks to NCG, northern California grantmakers get a generous dose of social enterprise inspiration.
Figuring out what makes great nonprofits great is a seemingly impossible task—it’s like asking “what makes a good person good?” The unsatisfactory answer is that you kind of know—through experience, reputation, and recommendation.
The more satisfactory answer is that you should buy and read Forces for Good.
The Knight Foundation today announced the award winners of its innovation prize, The News Challenge. I’ve been following the challenge and was very curious to see who they would ultimately fund—the list of folks is downright impressive.
What do I like about what the good folks at Knight did?