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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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In Search of Digital Civil Society Around the World

‘We need a global conversation about data, social change, and digital civil society’ states Lucy Bernholz in a fascinating new blogpost….

“Unloading The DV Earthmover”… An Interview With The Office for Creative Research

To close our data visualization (dv) series, guest-curated by Greta Knutzen (GK), we are, well… kicking the tires on an…

Money Where Your Mouth Is: “Why Data Visualization Needs To Articulate Performance”

The discipline of data visualization (dv) is evolving quickly, but there’s no excuse for leaving behind the first and toughest…

Data As A fuel: Transforming How We Evaluate, Measure + Act On Consumer Behavior

Abhishek Mehta, CEO of Treseta provides his views on the challenges of being an entrepreneur, whilst pinpointing the trends and the…

SXSW: What Social Media Analytics Can’t Tell You

Beth Kanter, a regular contributor and friend of Markets For Good has returned from her travels to South By SouthWest…

Interview with Sarah Durham, President & Founder of Big Duck

Big Duck is a communications firm that works exclusively with nonprofits and focuses on three different areas:  brandraising, campaigns, and…

Obama Unleashing Power Of Data On Climate Change

‘The Obama administration hopes to fight global warming with the geeky power of numbers, maps and even gaming-type simulations’ notes…

The Good News of the Decade

 “I like the Millennium Development Goals because each and everyone one of them is measured.” With the MDG finish line…

Data Visualization Interview: Lee Sherman, Visual.ly

Visual.ly is a marketplace for the creation of visual content of all kinds, including infographics, data visualizations, video and motion…

Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science

‘American science, long a source of national power and pride, is increasingly becoming a private enterprise’  writes William J Broad…