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October 21, 2015
Kari Thierer’s Nonprofit Quarterly article ‘Human Needs Index: Unusual Partnership Backs a Real-Time Data Project on Poverty‘ discusses how the Salvation Army and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University have partnered to help nonprofits get access to current, up-to-date data that supports their needs. Together, they are working to create and expand […]
October 15, 2015
In this news roundup, we take a look at Paul Karon’s article ‘Can Big Data Help Government Do Better? This Foundation Seems to Think So‘, first published on Inside Philanthropy. Philanthropy has been investing heavily in big data over the past year, following the lead of for-profit corporations like Amazon that are using data […]
October 7, 2015
We are very excited to announce that we are a media partner for the Open Data Institute‘s (ODI) Summit this year in London. The Open Data Institute is catalysing the evolution of open data culture to create economic, environmental and social value. It helps unlock supply, generates demand, and creates and disseminates knowledge […]
October 2, 2015
In How Tech is Making African Transit more Uber-like, David Z. Morris examines how nonprofits and developers are compiling data to make transport systems more accountable and accessible in Africa. In an area where formal systems just can’t keep up, informal systems – with often inconsistent routes and timetables – fill the void. These informal […]
September 18, 2015
In ‘Data is the Magic Ingredient That Can Bring Good Nutrition to Global Fruition‘, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation CEO Michael Anderson talks about how nutrition should be high on the agenda as global leaders meet in New York later this month to discuss the sustainable development goals (SDGs). He argues that the subject […]
September 10, 2015
One way The Water Project, and other organisations in the water sector, aim to ensure reliable access to water over time is through ongoing monitoring. In order to realise their commitments and ambitions, significant investments have been made in technologies like mWater, a mobile-monitoring-system accessible from a smart phone, and other tools to make […]
September 8, 2015
At Markets for Good, we try to encourage our readers to better make use of data and information – using data to become more transparent and accountable, improve impact and better communicate your goals with your donors and supporters. But nonprofits can’t simply collect data – they need to use data to drive their […]
September 4, 2015
In 2013, Facebook rolled out a ‘donate’ button for partnered nonprofits. Twenty months after their pilot, the social network has rolled out the feature to all nonprofits and charities, according to Megan O’Neil’s piece for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, ‘Facebook’s New Donate Button Helps Charities Build Donor Lists‘. In the original pilot, the […]
August 21, 2015
‘Turning Government Data Into Better Public Service’ was first published on Medium. The article outlines the release of the Digital Analytics Dashboard on March 19 by the US Digital Service. The Dashboard allows the public to see how many users are on a Federal Government website, the devices on which they are accessing […]
August 19, 2015
For Dr. Orin Levine, Director of Vaccine Delivery for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, innovation doesn’t necessarily have to require the latest technology. In Betting on Better Data, he takes a look at how PATH‘s Better Immunisation Data (BID) Initiative is tracking vaccine data with low-level tech in a revolutionary way. In his piece, […]
