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Author Amy Sample Ward , Afua Bruce
Changing the way we use, develop, and fund technology for social change is possible, and it starts with you. The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World outlines a vision of a more equitable and just world along with practical steps to ....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Author Theodore J. Sarenski
The long-term future of the American Social Security system which provides retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to millions, is uncertain. This is triggering big concerns for many workers who are paying into the system and need to make decisions about their retir....
Release Date 2020/07 -
Chaos Engineering Observability
Author Russ Miles
Chaos engineering is a highly collaborative activity. When applied well, virtually everyone is responsible for exploring, surfacing, overcoming, and validating weaknesses in their systems. That can lead to a lot of chaos engineering activity across a collection of ....
Release Date 2019/04 -
Author Soren Kenner , Imran Rashid
Authors Imran Rashid and Soren Kenner have sparked an international debate by revealing the “mind hacks” Facebook, Apple, Google, and Instagram use to get you and your children hooked on their products. In Offline, they deliver an eye-opening research-based journey....
Release Date 2019/02 -
Social Ontology of Whoness, 3rd Edition
Author Michael Eldred
How are core social phenomena to be understood as modes of being? This book offers an alternative approach to social ontology. Recent interest in social ontology on the part of mainstream philosophy and the social sciences presupposes from the outset that the human....
Release Date 2018/10 -
Building a Successful Social Venture
Author James Koch , Eric Carlson
This is the first book on creating and running a social enterprise to combine theoretical discussions with current cases from around the world, filling a huge gap in the literature. It serves as an eminently practical blueprint for those who wish to build, sus....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Social Engineering, 2nd Edition
Author Christopher Hadnagy
Harden the human firewall against the most current threatsSocial Engineering: The Science of Human Hacking reveals the craftier side of the hacker’s repertoire—why hack into something when you could just ask for access? Undetectable by firewalls and antivirus softw....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Author Mark Redmond
Social decentering theory was developed in response to the confusion created by the use of the term empathy and to a lesser extent, perspective-taking, to reflect a wide and varied set of human cognitive processes and behaviors. Theory of Social Decentering: A Theo....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Author Dr. Erdal Ozkaya
Improve information security by learning Social Engineering.About This BookLearn to implement information security using social engineeringGet hands-on experience of using different tools such as Kali Linux, the Social Engineering toolkit and so onPractical approac....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author J. Stuart Bunderson , Bret Sanner
Research on social species shows that hierarchies are important for group functioning. Human beings also have a tendency to think and act hierarchically. In fact, hierarchies — distinct differences in group members' power and status — can be found in v....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Social Development Through Benevolent Business
Author Kalyan Sankar Mandal
This book points out that apart from usual “profit- maximizing business,”, there are some other types of business models which that serve social causes with profit. The author discusses some such business models, namely, social business, compassionate b....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Author Camilo Olaya , César García-Díaz
Uniquely reflects an engineering view to social systems in a wide variety of contexts of applicationSocial Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity brings together a wide variety of application approaches to social systems from an engineering viewpoint. The bo....
Release Date 2017/12 -
Social dilemmas, institutions, and the evolution of cooperation
Author Wojtek Przepiorka , Ben Jann
The question of how cooperation and social order can evolve from a Hobbesian state of nature of a “war of all against all” has always been at the core of social scientific inquiry. Social dilemmas are the main analytical paradigm used by social scientists to explai....
Release Date 2017/09 -
Educating Social Entrepreneurs, Volume I
Author Maria Aggestam , Paul Miesing
Educating Social Entrepreneurs: From Idea Generation to Business Plan Formulation appears at a time of unprecedented environmental disasters, natural resources depletion, and significant failure of governments and global businesses to attend to worldwide social pro....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Educating Social Entrepreneurs, Volume II
Author Maria Aggestam , Paul Miesing
Educating Social Entrepreneurs: From Business Plan Formulation to Implementation appears at a time of unprecedented environmental disasters, natural resources depletion, and significant failure of governments and global businesses to attend to worldwide social prob....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change
Author Derrick Feldmann
Create real change in the new social movement paradigmSocial Movements for Good is a guidebook for driving change, by taking advantage of the social "currency" that makes movements go viral. Author Derrick Feldmann has spent a career showing organizations how to be....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Boundary Element Techniques in Engineering
Author S. Walker , C. A. Brebbia
Boundary Element Techniques in Engineering deals with solutions of two- and three-dimensional problems in elasticity and the potential theory where finite elements are inefficient. The book discusses approximate methods, higher-order elements, elastostatics, time-de....
Release Date 2016/01 -
I'm Not Afraid of GDPI, 2nd Edition
Author Tuhina Anukul Varshney
In today's cut throat competitive world, an enhanced personality, excellent communication and GDPI skills are essential facets of job seeking candidates to land the best jobs. I'm Not Afraid of GDPI, 2e comprehensively deals with every aspect of the hiring proce....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Can't Not Do: The Compelling Social Drive that Changes Our World
Author Paul Shoemaker
With so many social challenges facing our world, trying to effect change feels daunting. The problems are complex, the politics murky, and the players innumerable. Yet, every day there are regular heroes making a significant impact on our most intractable social is....
Release Date 2015/08 -
Author Gretchen Anderson
Designers of all stripes today are seeking social and civic projects that have a mission to serve the greater good at their core. Part of this growing trend stems from the desire to use skills for their highest potential. But the real payoff is the ability to use n....
Release Date 2015/06 -
Author Lance Kaplan , Tarek Abdelzaher , Dong Wang
Increasingly, human beings are sensors engaging directly with the mobile Internet. Individuals can now share real-time experiences at an unprecedented scale. Social Sensing: Building Reliable Systems on Unreliable Data looks at recent advances in the emerging field ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory
Author James A.R. Marshall
Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory ....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Jan Yager , Fred Yager
Along with Medicare, Social Security is one of the "rites of passage" as older Americans retire. After contributing funds to this program their entire working life, people are anxious to start getting their monthly checks. Following a brief look at why Social Secur....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Social Security For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Jonathan Peterson
Praise for Social Security For Dummies:"Social Security for Dummies is a must read for people of any age who want a comfortable retirement. Jonathan Peterson does a great job of explaining this complicated system and helps you understand how to get the most from the....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Tissue Engineering, 2nd Edition
Author Jan De Boer , Clemens Van Blitterswijk
Tissue Engineering is a comprehensive introduction to the engineering and biological aspects of this critical subject. With contributions from internationally renowned authors, it provides a broad perspective on tissue engineering for students coming to the subject ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Scenario-Focused Engineering: A toolbox for innovation and customer-centricity
Author Drew Fletcher , Austina De Bonte
Blend the art of innovation with the rigor of engineeringGreat technology alone is rarely sufficient to ensure a product’s success. Scenario-Focused Engineering is a customer-centric, iterative approach used to design and deliver the seamless experiences and emotion....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Mark Babbitt , Ted COINÉ
The Social Revolution's impact on the business world cannot be over-estimated. Like the meteor that likely precipitated the end of the dinosaurs, Social is the catalyst in an extinction event--and business as we know it has changed forever. A World Gone Social....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Profit + Purpose: How Social Innovation Is Transforming Business for Good
Author Kyle Westaway
World-changing ideas become reality with practical, effective planningProfit + Purpose: Tools to Structure, Fund, and Run a Social Enterprise is a practical step-by step guide to creating a successful socially-oriented business venture. With practical, actionable gu....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Author Andrew Weir , Cindy Gordon
Social Roots traces the history of a fundamental economic shift that is underway. The shift is rooted in virtualization, a key innovation factor, but when combined with influence networks, the significance becomes transformative. The combined power of these dimensio....
Release Date 2014/09 -
The Social Leader: Redefining Leadership for the Complex Social Age
Author Sudhanshu Palsule , Frank Guglielmo
Technology, global economics, and demographics are colluding to create workspaces that thrive on communities rather than hierarchies. Our industrial paradigm with its roots in the military is swiftly being replaced by a paradigm based on networks that are held toget....
Release Date 2014/09