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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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Markets for Good Theme Contest

Markets for Good is an effort to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in…

BRIDGE Project: Progress to Date

Technical development of the first Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) release is currently about a half-way to completion….

Collaboration & Data: You Get What You Pay For

It’s easy to be blinded by the potential of the assets in a collaboration. You might hear, “Wow, look at…

Technology & Tools for Funder Collaboration

We expect a lot out of technology these days. How can we use it to foster better collaboration among funders?…

Why Is Collaboration Hard? How Can Data Help?!

Of course, bumping into something counterintuitive in your work (particularly in the realm of what seems mundane), expands the range…

Collaboration Is A Disco Ball

I hope we have your attention. (Disco ball??) This month’s theme – Collaboration – is not an easy one. Thanks…

A New Data Infrastructure Doesn’t Come From Just “Credible” Efforts

Collaborations and consolidations are natural attractions – for a moment. Early reporting on them focuses, understandbly, on strategic value –…

Reflection on The “Money Path” for Open Data

Sunand Menon, previous Markets For Good guest author of one our most highly visited posts, has offered a recent thought…

The Missing Voices in Open Data Discussions

There is an excitement and focus on the potential of open data; but, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a…

Why Choose the Open Data Model for Social Projects?

Frieda Werner, Wheelmap’s product and community manager, writes about the conscious choice to make open data the center of their business model.