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March 19, 2014
Visual.ly is a marketplace for the creation of visual content of all kinds, including infographics, data visualizations, video and motion graphics. Their model brings together multi-disciplinary teams of talent required to create this type of work – integrating data analysts, designers, interaction designers, etc. Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, Lee Sherman shares his thoughts on […]
‘American science, long a source of national power and pride, is increasingly becoming a private enterprise’ writes William J Broad in the New York Times. From key, public philanthropists like Bill & Melinda Gates and Eric Schmidt, through to the more elusive, they are launching ‘a private war on disease’. As a reader of our […]
March 18, 2014
NiJeL is next up in our series of interviewswith people and organizations on the frontlines of data visualization work. The idea is to bring a focused perspective on the practices and tools that are shaping the way we use data visualization and the broader conversation about it. NiJeL partners with organizations and individuals focused on […]
March 14, 2014
“Strategic philanthropy requires reliable information,” writes Brad Smith, President of the Foundation Center, in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He draws on his experience to urge a shift away from an our over-reliance on personal networks and verbal information and toward three key types of data: transactional, contextual and impact. They need to be used […]
March 12, 2014
Whether you consider yourself or your organization to be storytellers, the fact is, your story is being told. And, you’ll kinda want to know that story (what people say about your organization). Further, you should tell the story it yourself to and test it to ensure it reflects what you really do. Here’s a pivot […]
March 11, 2014
Debra Anderson, Instructor at the New School, Co-Founder at DataCoLab, Founder & CEO at CultureShock offers a brief examination of the current landscape and highlighting the benefit and value of DV for Social Good including: What is Data Visualization (DV)? Which organizations have used it effectively – and to what end? Why it is useful […]
Tris Lumley will be presenting NPC’s research on the state of the UK nonprofit sector and the need for a paradigm shift incorporating shared measurement, data labs, a systems perspective on scaling, and a new mindset for leadership at a Markets for Good: Live event hosted by Liquidnet on 21st March in New York City. […]
March 7, 2014
Much of the conversation on data tends toward technology. But tech doesn’t happen without people. From there, a still wider view is needed since the most robust attack on global, complex social problems requires a diverse corps of folks who have not only technical, but cultural competence. In that light, diversity, equity and inclusion are […]
March 6, 2014
There’s a gap in our conversation on climate change: connecting it to all areas of our quality of life and focusing on ways in which climate change mitigation can also work to alleviate poverty. William Boyd, Senior Advisor and Project Lead for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF) and Amelia Petersen, Senior Research […]
March 5, 2014
GK VanPatter, co-founder of Humantific, shifts the data visualization conversation to examine a couple of ideas that underlie how it may inform broader agendas. That is: in addition to high value communication, GK suggests that, by way of co-creation, visualized data can play a bigger role. (“Wait! What’s co-creation?”) Well, you’re familiar with it already: […]
