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Learning Analytics: Big Data Applied to Training, Teaching, and Learning

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To create the report, an international body of experts in education, technology, and other fields convene on a wiki to review research, practice, and significant trends. The technology trend that caught my eye was “Learning Analytics,” which is big data applied to the field of education. Learning and Knowledge Analytics.

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Research Friday Board Engagement: Thinking Beyond the Wallet

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scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day. Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. So what happened in 2011, and what are respondents planning for 2012?

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I'll Comment for Food Donations, Ten Cents for Woman's Shelter, and Other Interesting Social Media Charity Trends

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It was the first mainstream article that I saw that described people being paid to blog. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use. Gallaga cites a specific example of giving money to DonorsChoose.org, a company that connects students and teachers to people who would like to donate.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

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continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. In December 2012 Charity Navigator released the concept note for CN 3.0 – their next version of Charity Navigator. Given this trend, individual donors may soon demand information on a nonprofit’s outcomes before investing in it.

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

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continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s report follows on the heels of Giving USA’s 2012 report for 2011 giving, where the total current individual giving was reported to be $217.79 Sources: [1] Giving USA Foundation, Giving USA 2012, pg.

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Research Friday: Controversial Nonprofit Compensation: Are We Missing the Point?

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continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. The answer lies, in part, in the general economic outlook for nonprofits: NFF’s 2012 State of the Sector survey showed that demand for services is markedly up , while the funding to meet these needs has not kept pace. Like this article?

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The Next Generation of Giving

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Besides being a large group, millennials have been well researched in terms of cultural trends, beliefs and the like, but the area of charitable giving has not had a lot of attention. The 2012 report has some very encouraging results, and helps give shape to a demographic you probably are not currently attracting in a meaningful way.