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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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The Potential of Open Data: Going Local

With so much activity going on in the open data space, we appreciate this quick and personal tour from Yo…

Value Equations For Open Data

Diego May, CEO and co-founder of Junar, gives a quick dissection of the value equation for open data.  As we…

4 Steps Toward Open Data Business Models

Since we’re in a nascent space when it comes to open data business models, we’ll do as much looking for…

Innovation Meets Open Data: City of San Francisco

Much of the conversation on open data centers on its biggest source: government. It stands to reason, then, that many…

Moving Theory Into Action with Open Data: Interview with Ben Hecht

The following mini-interview is a follow-up to this article: 5 Transformational Forces That Should Be Driving The Social Sector (But…

New Theme! …Business Models for Open Data

Our Data?? Less and less guarded in ye olde smoke-filled room… (Left, ejh) In keeping with our focus on data…

Serious Gaming with Data Privacy: DataDealer

What if we were to turn the tables and have the consumer managing the privacy of other people and organizations?…

Innovations in Feedback & Accountability Systems for Agricultural Development

[Originally posted on GrandChallenges.org, we thought this is worth another look: a search for solutions that improve the feedback loop…

Interview with Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu: Data Privacy, Data Sharing

We’re glad to share this conversation with Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu of the University of Texas at Dallas Data Security and…

Note from the Curator: One-Year Recap

The Markets for Good web campaign was launched last October by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes…