New Book Explores Role of Internet in Social Change

February 9, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute

A new book by a former foundation official discusses how nonprofit organizations can use information technology to foster social change, and the obstacles that still stand in the way.

In the book, The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change, Jonathan Peizer draws on his experience overseeing the Open Society Institute’s Internet Program, which sought to promote Internet access and programming in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and elsewhere. Mr. Peizer is now a technology consultant in Woodmere, N.Y. Among the topics his book discusses: the importance of building nonprofit organizations’ capacity to run their operations and use technology and planning for a technology project’s long-term sustainability.

The book costs $31.95 for the hardback edition, $21.95 for paperback, and $6 for an electronic version.

To order the book: Go to http://technologyforsocialchange.org.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.