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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. …

But we’ll let C.S. Lewis start this conversation, not the social sector or the data scientist: “Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before)...

115-200 billion tons moving daily. Not tons of data, but water – in and out of the Bay of Fundy (left) alternating up to 50 ft between low and high tide. Just in case we’re tempted to take the concept of “rising tide” lightly, it’s good to revisit the roots...

In this dispatch of Markets For Good | Notes From The Field, our guest contributor, Ambassador Curtis S. Chin, approaches the information infrastructure topic from a policy perspective. Using developing, high-growth economies as a backdrop, he focuses on three levers that business, governments and the social sector need to manage...

  This paper, offered in full text for Markets For Good, was originally published by Alliance Magazine. Many thanks to the author, Buzz Schmidt, and to Caroline Hartnell, Editor of Alliance Magazine. The paper proposes in detail a version of an upgraded information infrastructure for the social sector – squarely...

The following post begins a new series: Notes From The Field.  Here, we will take a look at various initiatives and organizations, or applications and tools on the landscape of the information infrastructure. We start with Elizabeth Clay Roy,  Deputy Director of Opportunity Nation, discussing the “Opportunity Index.” If there is such...

In this post, Perla Ni gives an overview of beneficiary feedback from the community perspective, noting that feedback tools for grantmakers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations must demonstrate on-the-ground results and lead to improvements in programming and in quality of life for beneficiaries.  So, where are we today with community...

Guest post from Darin McKeever, a deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, regarding a major new agreement among a few of the US’ largest foundations: The Reporting Commitment. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we firmly believe transparency is a key ingredient in maximizing impact because...

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