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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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Online Learning Trends That You Can’t Ignore

Gyrus

Today’s tech-savvy, social and mobile learners are no longer interested in traditional classroom training and demand learning techniques that blends best with their current working style and outlook. Almost two-thirds of Americans are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, more than a threefold increase since 2010.

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

They are hoping to start conversations and hear feedback about the competitions, the fundraising techniques and more. The software helps social service organizations enhance how they collect, use, and report client information (compliance reports, outcomes reporting, and more). This is the latest in the series. What do you think?

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. This information was then picked up by first responders who were able to get help and to where it was needed.

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The Networked Nonprofit Roundup: Bay Area Book Party 7/23

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Join us on Friday, July 23, 2010, from 6 to 8 pm at Pro Arts Gallery ( [link] ) at 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, a stone’s throw from the Oakland City Center/12th Street BART station. More information here. For example, check out her “ 50 Young Nonprofit Leaders To Follow on Twitter &# list. Photo by Curious Lee.

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Innogive Conference Panel Resources: Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments. . focusing on how information consumption patterns are changing in light of these two technological developments.

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Print Access for All: Anna Reid in Chennai

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.