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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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Empowering A New Generation Of Data Scientists

  In today’s News Roundup, we are highlighting a new training programme for data scientists. Venture Beat, Business Cloud News, and The…

Why Data Matters At Charity: Water

  In late 2006, we started charity: water with a goal of directly helping 100 million people get access to…

Bridging Innovation And International Development

  Technology “wears a hoodie”, whilst international development “wears cufflinks.” One is cool, fast moving and agile, while the other…

Talking Data: What is Material?

  Talking Data: Measurement with a message is the Social Impact Analysts Association’s 2014 Annual Conference, and we, at SIAA…

Modern CEOs Are Blindfolded

  Earleir this week in Forbes, John Trammell CEO of Khorus, a business management software company, explains how the need…

The Lake Washington Declaration

  In June of this year, Markets For Good convened a two-day workshop, bringing together 70 individuals spanning the length…

When Is Big Data Analytics A Waste Of Time?

  As discussed in a previous article, ‘Internet of Things’ is quite possibly the buzzword of 2014. It’s estimated there will…

Finding More Value In Charities’ Research

  Quite possibly, some NGO has discovered a great way to, say, prevent re-offending or improve literacy, but nobody else…

Films Are Films

  In a recent blog post by Alison Byrne Fields from Philanthropy News Digest, she discusses the potential impact a…

Why The Internet Of Things Narrative Has To Change

  We all understand the importance of the Internet and the respective devices that connect to the web, yet Wojciech…