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  The divide between shared data for better programs and the right to data privacy is a fine line to tread. As such, we were particularly interested to see Nicole Wallace of The Chronicle of Philanthropy publish this article on new shared, sensitive research. Crisis Text Line (CTL) are a...

Annika Small, CEO of Nominet Trust, in a piece from the Guardian examines all the hype that surrounds big data. Could it be another false hype, or a real value add to the social sector? And if so, how? Annika looks at the issue from a very practical point of view, sourcing interesting...

Markets for Good caught up with Dino Citraro, Head of Strategic Design and Operations at Periscopic. We wanted to explore a few essential questions that might help us as we shape a view on the landscape and progress of data visualization as a tool for social impact.  Dino offers his...

Sunand Menon, previous Markets For Good guest author of one our most highly visited posts, has offered a recent thought piece (Stop Assuming Your Data Will Bring You Riches) that deserves a deeper examination. I’d like to use it to raise more questions (not give answers) about the pathways to...

Since we’re in a nascent space when it comes to open data business models, we’ll do as much looking for components and philosophies underlying them as we will for models in action.  A TechSoupGlobal team consisting of Founder, Daniel Ben-Horin, Jessica Galeria, and Keisha Taylor take up that question –...

Much of the conversation on open data centers on its biggest source: government. It stands to reason, then, that many social sector business models that leverage open data will involve some sort of direct or indirect interaction with government. We thought we would find go directly to the source to...

We know (intellectually) not to rely on magical solutions to drive our work. In practice, however, we sometimes fall into the trap of unwitting, magical assumptions. The reality is that underlying any amazing feat we might accomplish, you can bet on solid infrastructure, process and groundwork to account for it....

Here’s a discussion on big data and analytics and their potential application within the social sector. Sunand Menon walks through the landscape, adding further comment on analysis (the skills we’re using to make sense of data) and analytics (the tools being developed to help that work.) This kind of exploration...

Fast forward to a social sector in which the data practices we are currently imagining are implicit in both our day-to-day activities and in the strategic underpinnings of our work. Sheetal Singh (@multi_tude), Senior Director of Global Media at TechSoup Global provides a case study that looks into that future...

How is technology drawing us closer to meeting needs on the groun? We count on it to connect us in ways not previously possible, but the recurring question is, “What are we doing with it?” Daniel Ben Horin surveys this landscape through the dual lenses of data and technology for...