big data
Nonprofits, Movements, and the New Democracy
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As nation-states falter, the likely source of new democracies is the nonprofit sector and social movements.
Nonprofit News
Resisting Predictive Analytics in the Age of Democratic Manipulation
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This story suggests that ordinary people had a skeptical relationship with electronic media long before the Facebook fiasco. What kind of conscious resistance will it take to foster honest democratic dialogue?
data analysis
A New Education Report Calls Forth the Ghost of Gates-funded inBloom
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It’s almost as if the national uprising of parents to protect student privacy never occurred! We revisit a bright failed idea of the Gates Foundation.
trend studies
Should Nonprofits Pay Attention to Google Trend Data?
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Google Trends data reveals that people are different than they portray themselves, and so is the U.S.
data analysis
Big Data Blurs Boundaries between Strategy, Action, and Evaluation
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Big data is being used to understand the root causes of social problems, devise strategies, track results, and focus partnerships across sectors.
Nonprofit News
New York City Schools Teach Us about Choice
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The success of school choice is elusive in New York City, where elementary education deficiencies and a complex high school selection process result in unequal student opportunity.
Nonprofit News
Ballmer’s USAFacts Institute: Government Data Reindexed without Spin?
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Steve Ballmer’s personal multimillion-dollar investment results in open access to massive government data condensed and presented in new contexts.
Environment
Nonprofits and Big Data: Using Quantification to Restore River Ecosystems
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Big data analysis can lead to natural as well as technological solutions to environmental problems.
data analysis
Should Your Nonprofit Have Its Very Own Data Scientist?
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According to a recent article, “data scientist” is one of the top three nonprofit jobs of the future. Skill sets such as data analysis rank high in importance, but so do data visualization and asking good questions that data can help answer.
Nonprofit News
How Big Data Informs Conservation: One Example in Chesapeake Bay
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More and more, large and small nonprofits are finding ways to mix data analysis and trends with their missions. The resultant outcomes can be astounding.