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April 18, 2014
Data has invaded sport. You’ve seen it from Moneyball to football (both “footballs”). But, you’ve probably not heard the player’s perspective on data. And the player has an awful lot at stake. Imagine, on your first day of training camp, being tossed a 4-inch thick playbook and a ticking clock. You have only a few […]
April 16, 2014
Last week marked the annual Skoll World Forum on Social Enterprise, in Oxford, England. A global event that brings together some of the most inspiring charities, foundations, trusts, CEOs, investors, and hard working people across the industry all in the name of learning, building connections, and ultimately, creating an even larger impact in the world […]
April 11, 2014
Those of you who follow Markets For Good on Twitter will have been enjoying our updates from The Skoll World Forum on Social Enterprise. We hope our 140 character or less comments were illuminating, but we will be doing a write up on the event and the prominent role that data played. For now, we […]
April 8, 2014
‘Big data is suddenly everywhere’ – we all know it, it’s why we read this very site. Be it as a member of the converted, or someone engaging the topic for the very first time, you just can’t deny that big data is everywhere. Furthermore, the value of big data is often highlighted as a […]
April 7, 2014
‘More and more, the government sector is working to improve the quality of information—or evidence—it is using to formulate decisions and policy. This is what we call evidence-based policy.’ In a recent article by Jonathan Greenblatt & Scott Hartley in the Standard Social Innovation Review, they highlight how the US Government is adopting the ‘Lean Start Up […]
April 4, 2014
In what can only be described as a huge step in storing and analysing data, Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have teamed up to revolutionise MySQL. Put simply, MySQL is open source coding that allows users to build a relational database management system, like a shopping list or picture gallery – something that everyone from social media […]
April 3, 2014
If only 1 in 3 people have access to the Internet, as a global social community, what do we need to do about it? internet.org was founded last year with the aim to bring down the cost of connectivity as a means to tackle this problem head on. Last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg made quite the […]
April 1, 2014
‘We need a global conversation about data, social change, and digital civil society’ states Lucy Bernholz in a fascinating new blogpost. Lucy documents her recent travels to Beijing, China, and São Paolo, Brazil – two thriving cities in countries with similar attitudes to data, yet stark contrasts in position and ability to collect it. — In Lucy’s blogpost, […]
March 28, 2014
Abhishek Mehta, CEO of Treseta provides his views on the challenges of being an entrepreneur, whilst pinpointing the trends and the blind spots of big data. In the following article from Valentina Craft at Silicon Angle, Abhisnhek shares fascinating insight into data as fuel for what he calls “a new Darwinian moment.” —
March 26, 2014
Beth Kanter, a regular contributor and friend of Markets For Good has returned from her travels to South By SouthWest Interactive Festival. In the following article featured on her blog, she reports back on a panel discussion titled: ‘What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You’. Chaired by Alexandra Samuel, the panel discussed “how social media […]
