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May 15, 2015
When disaster strikes, people want to help. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear which nonprofits can respond most effectively, or even if some organizations asking for donations are legitimate. Here are five tips to help you give wisely. Be pro-active, not re-active. It’s not necessary or wise to respond to every call or […]
May 13, 2015
Recently, Facebook expanded its Facebook for Business offering to include a dedicated platform for Non-Profits. Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook’s VP for Europe, Middle East, and Asia, made the announcement on the new platform itself. Mendelsohn shares Facebook’s mission to “make the world more open and connected.” They recognize that “you and your organisation can […]
May 8, 2015
A curated collection of Tweets from Day 2 of DoGoodData 2015 Conference
http://dogooddata.com/schedule/ – Beth Kanter’s Notes
May 7, 2015
https://storify.com/MarketsForGood/do-good-data-2015-recap [View the story “Do Good Data 2015: Recap” on Storify]
May 6, 2015
GlobalGiving’s Alison Carlman shares about the crowdfunding platform’s work to incentivize nonprofit effectiveness.
April 28, 2015
After a jam-packed schedule at The Skoll World Forum for Social Enterprise just over a week ago, we’re now lucky enough to be heading to Do Good Data 2015. It is the leading conference on data, research, and analytics for social sector professionals, not to mentioned being organized by long-term contributor and friend to […]
April 27, 2015
As many of you know, we spent much of last week at the Skoll World Forum, enjoying remarkable speeches from the likes of Jeff Skoll, Jaqueline Novogratz, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and many more. Behind the scenes, we were able to conduct a private interview with the team behind The Resilience Exchange, a new online […]
April 24, 2015
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable arm of former New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, is making a major investment in the development of data for cities, according to Jim Tankersley of the Washington Post. Their goal is to invest $42 million to create the What Works Cities Initiative, “aimed at helping 100 mid-size cities […]
April 21, 2015
For today’s New Roundup we take a look at a data visualization TED talk, focused on the value of data and the format in which it is presented. Using a myriad of examples, Aaron Koblin demonstrates how data visualization can be used to tell a story. As an artist, Koblin’s […]
For those of us who were able to attend the Skoll World Forum last week, there is much to be done in the way of reflection: what we learned, the wonderful people we met, and the possibilities of new business. For those unable to attend this year’s Forum, which was set to the theme […]
