Markets For Good Interview with Ken Berger
Jul 2013
Recently, we had the opportunity to check in with Ken Berger, President and CEO of Charity Navigator and frequent media…
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Big Data and the Social Sector: Where does it come from? How can we use it?
Jun 2013
Any fast-moving phenomenon breeds a requisite and parallel set of caveats. Srik Gopalakrishnan of FSG gives a sharp look into…
A Few Questions About “How Companies Learn Your Secrets”
Jun 2013
We are living a pretty intense “data moment.” Data collection and usage practices that were formerly dismissed as technically impossible,…
Challenging The Big Data Narrative: “Most data isn’t ‘big’…”
Jun 2013
Bandwagons make for a smooth ride, but not normally to useful insight. Their opposite, however, in the form of scattered…
Open Data…Another Source of Big Data (How will we use it?)
Jun 2013
– “Open and machine-readable”, the president said, is “the new default for government information.”- From: A New Goldmine, The Economist,…
Government-Nonprofit Contracting Update
The pace continues with new digitization initiatives designed to enable the free flow and easier use of social sector data…
Creating A More Hopeful Future
Jun 2013
Dr. Jonathan Koomey joins our conversation on big data with a timely frame: that of problem solving. The following post…
via Philantopic: “Philanthropy’s Data Dilemma”
Jun 2013
Bradford K. Smith, President of the Foundation Center, talks about what philanthropy can do to gain the right kind of…
Via HBR: “Nonprofits: Master ‘Medium Data’ Before Tackling Big Data”
Jun 2013
As noted in our introduction to this topic, You Knew It Was Coming…, we’ll spend this month with a mix…
The “What” and The “How” of Big Data
Jun 2013
Here’s a discussion on big data and analytics and their potential application within the social sector. Sunand Menon walks through…