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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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Riders for Health: Data Discovery

  In my last blog for Markets for Good I wrote about the importance of data to Riders for Health…

Fifty Shades of Sharing

  Daniel Ben-Horin of Tech Soup Global looks at what we can learn from the sharing economy, in this recent…

What Can We Learn From The Ice Bucket Challenge Data?

  As of August 26, The Ice Bucket Challenge has raised over $88.5 Million Dollars to fight the horrible disease,…

Can Big Data Improve Medical Diagnostics?

  “What if software akin to the program that recognizes faces in Facebook photos could detect cancer in an x-ray?”…

Strengthening Networks for Greater Impact

  “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the…

For The Love Of Business

  In order to avoid giving offense to living persons, Mark Twain embargoed his autobiography for 100 years. Among those…

Nonprofit Shares Data For Research

  The divide between shared data for better programs and the right to data privacy is a fine line to…

Hidden In Plain Sight

  Looking for a good way to waste millions of dollars? Earlier this year, the World Bank (WB) released findings…

Data Driven Literacy For Children

  “With so many challenges facing children trying to learn to read around the world, we want to provide more…

The Future Of Personal Health Data

  I first put a fitbit – a digital pedometer that tracks steps, calories burned, food intake, and other personal…