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Book SynopsisWorth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.Barack ObamaA powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first centuryAs the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges of our timefrom pandemics and global warming to social media warfare. In Power to the Public, Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank describe a revolutionary new approachpublic interest technologythat has the potential to transform the way governments and nonprofits around the world solve problems. Through inspiring stories about successful projects ranging from a texting service for teenagers in crisis to a streamlined foster care system, the authors show how public interest technology can make the delivery of services to the public more effective and efficient. At its heart, public interest te
Trade Review"Should be on the summer reading list of people interested in the opportunities and challenges of technology for public stuff."
---Mitchell Weiss, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge"
Power to the Public is an accessible and quick read aimed primarily at nontechnologists, with a clear-eyed take that technology is not a panacea. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on how government needs to reform its traditional approach to solving problems."
---Jim Fruchterman, Stanford Social Innovation Review"Recommended" * Choice *
