Denver Frederick and Jim Fruchterman discuss how Tech Matters helps non-technical social change leaders build tech solutions to problems.
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5 bad tech ideas that development organizations just keep trying – Devex, May 24, 2023
Few social good leaders are tech gurus. Knowing about past mistakes is one of the best ways of avoiding future ones.
Jim Fruchterman, Founder and CEO, Tech Matters: Going for maximum impact, not maximum profit – Philanthropy News Digest, May 17, 2023
The strategic tech nonprofit works globally in collaboration with local partners and donor-investors to launch sustainable tech-for-good social enterprises.
What is Servant Leadership? Jim Fruchterman, Tech Matters – Skoll Foundation, May 2023
How Silicon Valley tech companies can help vulnerable communities protect and control their data to advocate for the society they want to build.
Tech Matters launches as independent nonprofit to address global challenges with digital solutions – Alliance Magazine, 13 April 2023
Tech Matters is focused on bringing the power of tech to social change leaders.
Interview with Jim Fruchterman (Tech Matters) – Solutions Insights Lab, April 2023
Our playbook is the standard Silicon Valley startup tech company playbook, but we’re focusing on maximum social impact instead of maximum money
Nonprofits Need Open Source Software – Techonomy, July 22, 2022
Software really matters. What an organization uses can be critical in meeting mission goals.
Decolonize Data – Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2022
Principles regarding ownership, privacy, sharing, consent and appropriate use of data as guideposts for decolonizing data
Nonprofits Are at Risk of Cyberattacks. Here’s What You Need to Know – The Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 11, 2022
Customized software systems that many charities use are more likely to be vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Listening At Scale: An Interview with Jim Fruchterman – The Browser, December 19, 2021
The Browser’s Baiqu Gonkar interviews Jim Fruchterman about his career trajectory from the for-profit sector to the social sector