Patrick Meier DIGITAL HUMANITARIANS: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response

"The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information is often referred to as Big Data, or Big Crisis Data. Making sense of Big Crisis Data is proving to be an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian organizations, which is precisely why they’re turning to Digital Humanitarians."

Sandy Speicher, IDEO in Peru
Tim Brown Why Daydreamers Will Save the World
David Stairs Why Design Won't Save the World
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Can Service Design Save the World?
Helen Walters Design Thinking Won’t Save You

Stanford Center for Social Innovation

Assignment

Find an example of social innovation. Identify the problem is addresses, how it works, and how it scales.