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Why you should update your old dating app profile photos ASAP

Fast Company Tech

More than 50% of young Americans have gone on a date with someone who looked different from their profile photos, according to a new survey from dating app Hily. This likely fits into the broader public sentiment of users being dismayed with dating apps. Daters: It might be time to spring clean your dating app profile.

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Your Nonprofit Should be Using Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A public service announcement (PSA) is a way to communicate to the public about an important topic or issue that affects most of, if not all of the general public. A PSA is communicated via radio, television, online, and via other media formats without charge so that the public is aware of the issue/topic and can take action. .

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This simple solution could help solve the public restroom crisis

Fast Company Tech

In Little Tokyo, there are almost no public restroomsin most of the restaurants and shops, you have to buy something first. After years of complaints from riders, LA Metro is rolling out more free public Throne bathrooms this year at transit stations across L.A. a public transportation advocate with the L.A. But overall, nice.

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How Just Stop Oil harnessed emotions to ignite public concern for climate change

Fast Company Tech

Many will read the groups legacy through the lens of public hostility: the frustration caused, the angry headlines, the outrage at its tactics. It is a sign that these activists succeeded in emotionally charging the public debate about climate change. But the intense backlash directed at JSO is not evidence that its campaign faltered.

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This volunteer crew is on a mission to fix Wikipedia’s worst celebrity photos

Fast Company Tech

Visit a celebritys Wikipedia page and theres a good chance youll be greeted by a blurry, outdated, or unflattering photo. These images often look like they were snapped in passing at a public eventbecause, in many cases, they were. Wikipedia requires all images to be freely available for public use. The reason? Celebrities?

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Empowering Changemakers: A Framework For Public Good Tech

The NonProfit Times

(Photo From Deposit Photos) Leaders at nonprofit organizations struggle to adopt technology in meaningful ways, and this can be due to many factors. Whats the best approach to building public good technology? This is what’s meant by public good technology. Cost is a big one.

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Investing public dollars for the public good 

Candid

A walk through a public park, a visit to the local library, and the convenience of tap water and affordable public transportation. Federal and state governments spend trillions of dollars annually, yet the quality of our public services is wholly inadequate—in terms of both access and affordability.

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