Thinking In Systems for Online Harms for NonProfits
Join a 4-week live online program (Feb–Mar) to understand how digital platforms enable online harms— and how communities can respond.
APPLICATIONS OPEN
GoodBot invites you to apply for the 4th cohort of our Thinking in Systems and Online Harms for Practitioners program. This 4-week online program runs from February 12 to March 12 and will explore how digital platforms shape our world, what opportunities and problems they enable, and how to address harms and unaccountable power. Apply to join us by January 30 2026. Space limited to 40 participants.
During the program, participants will:
Learn about social impacts through case studies, guest speakers and readings
Exploring how corporate decision-making enables systemic risks
Engage in small-group dialogue to reflect on readings and seminar discussions
Map community resources and opportunities to translate impactful ideas into action
Explore frameworks and language to imagine prosocial digital futures
Program Dates
Session #1 - Feb 12 2026 - Understanding our own online ecologies.
Session #2 - Feb 19 2026 - How business models and practices enable harm.
Session #3 - Feb 26 2026 - How changemakers seek to change the narrative.
Session #4 - Mar 12 2026 - Building local capacity and responses to online harms.
An optional session will be held on Mar 5.
Participation
Participants are expected to commit 12 hours for readings, reflections and weekly participation.
Following the four weeks, two additional optional weeks of support are provided to participants seeking to bridge learning into action by designing a community or organizations-focused project. We will also provide opportunities for learners to facilitate future sessions on topics of interest.
Why
The rapid pace of innovation brings major challenges such as online abuse, surveillance, inequality and disinformation that distort our sense of shared reality and make it hard to solve collective problems. To navigate these challenges, this course equips participants with knowledge, language and tools to understand the enabling factors of digital harms, how they impact communities and how leaders are responding to these challenges. Participants will reflect on how they and their team can de-normalize technology-enabled harms, and co-create shared frameworks, interventions and networks aimed at fostering resilient communities, hold companies accountable, and strengthening leadership and action toward advancing healthy tech futures.
Who
This course is designed as a Train-the-Trainer program for educators, frontline nonprofits, social impact leaders, researchers, media, policymakers, and responsible technologists interested in exploring the intersection online harms and community interventions and public policy. We week opportunities for participants from different sectors and backgrounds to learn from one another about distinct and common challenges.
