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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

Your organization’s aggregated or synthesized data is more like a complex carbohydrate that provides fuel for sustained activity. For those organizations too small for a dedicated IR person, simply getting your data guru connected with like-minded peers in the same industry is transformative. Data gives us context.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

This data is then made available in Candid’s Foundation Directory and Foundation Maps , as well as for use in research. Because of the challenges of aligning public promises with later grant dollars , Candid aggregates pledges and grants separately in our analyses. We recommend that others do the same. . Call to action .

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Map the data. I have a survey that allows me to understand the composition of the group in aggregate as well as the maturity of practice levels for each individual participant according to “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.” Establish the underlying coordinates. Draw a conclusion.

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Mapping Experiences: Rethinking Wayfinding in Museums

Museum 2.0

We had just finished perusing an excellent exhibit, “Places and Spaces,” pouring over a complex map of 1.3 We looked at the museum map on the wall. There’s the “I can’t read the map” problem. At a global level, there are three wayfinding questions that enter my mind whenever I enter a museum: What do they have?

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Everything You Need to Know About Data You Learned in Kindergarten

NTEN

The problem, in Perla's mind, was that the average donor would still have to spend additional time finding her site to get the information. So Perla reached out to the aggregator sites that serve donors and did an incredible thing. Another example is the Hunger Relief Map from the Capitol Area Food Bank in Austin.

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Twitanalytics?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can search by keyword and also see who else has favorited a particular tweet in order to identify like-minded contacts. TwitLinks aggregates the latest links from the worlds top tech twitter users. It looks like a mapping tool in the works that will let you visualize your Twitter network by retweets from Dan Zarrella.

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Get the Most Out of Engagement Scoring

Association Analytics

Consider questions with your business goals in mind. With this in mind, look at activities that are broadly applicable to all members like event registrations, email clicks, and community activity. Even using three years of data, you want to keep decay in mind. Use aggregate engagement scores to: Validate your value proposition.

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