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July 9, 2013
I have just had the opportunity to catch up with Debbie Adler (Debbie Adler Consulting) at the The Aspen Institute’s Socrates Society Seminars. As one of the conversations of the day turned to nonprofits and fundraising, we decided to stop and recap a few good points in a quick interview. Many thanks to Debbie for […]
July 5, 2013
Dvorit Mausner, of Hope Consulting references her extensive work in development fundraising to dissect its components and propose a different method for the gritty task of managing prospect information via individual and shared databases. …
July 2, 2013
Fundraising is an odd thing today – at once, a business function and now a fashionable topic anywhere you find two or more start-up or nonprofit folks talking about…anything. As a business function, it is being redefined by new actors, methods and demands. As a fashion statement, it is infinitely more fashionable when it moves […]
July 1, 2013
Recently, we had the opportunity to check in with Ken Berger, President and CEO of Charity Navigator and frequent media commentator on charitable giving. As we prepare to enter a new theme, “Fundraising: The Data & Tools That Drive Giving,” Ken provides a spot check on the state of charitable giving and the information that […]
June 26, 2013
Any fast-moving phenomenon breeds a requisite and parallel set of caveats. Srik Gopalakrishnan of FSG gives a sharp look into both the big data phenomenon and the places where we might want to apply the thought brakes. …
June 25, 2013
We are living a pretty intense “data moment.” Data collection and usage practices that were formerly dismissed as technically impossible, or simply not done, are now feasible and openly posited as much in terms of proposed benefit as in terms of personal or business risk. Try this from case study of the retailer, Target, in […]
June 19, 2013
Bandwagons make for a smooth ride, but not normally to useful insight. Their opposite, however, in the form of scattered voices of the “anti-bandwagon” often don’t help much either when reflex contrarians don’t offer much more than complaints. While looking for a solid counter to a few of the popular big data narratives, I found […]
June 18, 2013
– “Open and machine-readable”, the president said, is “the new default for government information.”- From: A New Goldmine, The Economist, May 2013 This article notes the opening up of government data as yet another big bucket of bytes contributing to the “big bang of big data,” one that will…
The pace continues with new digitization initiatives designed to enable the free flow and easier use of social sector data…
June 17, 2013
Dr. Jonathan Koomey joins our conversation on big data with a timely frame: that of problem solving. The following post is an excerpt adapted for Markets For Good from the conclusions to Koomey’s 2008 book titled Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving. While I’m aware that “web speed” puts a premium […]
