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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

However, there’s also a growing focus on resilience initiatives and engagement with long-term conservation and risk reduction projects that include accelerating the use of data and technology to better inform communities of risk; conserving land to prevent overdevelopment; and more effectively managing vulnerable ecosystems.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the article from today’s New York Times. GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. By November 2010, Jumo noted in a New York Times article that they’ve raised $3.5

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Personal Democracy Forum 2013 Discount for TechSoup Community

Tech Soup

The conference, the largest of its kind, happens on June 6-7 in New York City. Technology is rapidly evolving and more information is becoming open and available. If you're unable to attend this year's conference, be sure to follow the conference hashtag ( #PDF13 ) on Twitter for the latest news and updates.

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

NTEN

The organization also worked with Twitter to create a special badge that marked volunteers' Twitter accounts as valid and official sources of information. FEMA updated their Facebook account with survival tips, like how to navigate around a flooded city, and information on how to access FEMA on your mobile phone.

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Government contracts and nonprofit organizations: Problems and solutions

ASU Lodestar Center

In 2010, the Urban Institute conducted the first comprehensive national survey of nonprofits to assess the problems with government contracts and nonprofits ( view the full report here ). published in 2010. As mentioned earlier, the survey by the Urban Institute and the National Council of Nonprofits was. sector and the government.