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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. The team works on a practical project that take less than four weeks to complete.

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Benetech’s Daniel Guzmán Publishes Account of Landmark Guatemalan Human Rights Case

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guzmán’s article, entitled Speaking Stats to Justice: Expert Testimony in a Guatemalan Human Rights Trial Based on Statistical Sampling , appears in the most recent issue of CHANCE, a quarterly journal published by the American Statistical Association. His family never stopped looking for him.

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Interning in Guatemala on the Archive Project

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A guest Beneblog by Max Schneider People don’t typically associate boisterous merengue music with high-tech statistical analysis. Then again, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I heard the playful notes of a street band wafting through the window while in Guatemala with Benetech's Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG).

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. ” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application. Clayton Aldern leads data journalism at Grist. Learn more about the fellows and why they are joining Impact Labs. Clayton Aldern. Data Strategist, Grist. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy.

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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

ASU Lodestar Center

& Management Student, Arizona State University. Contrary to popular belief, social networks and social network analysis (SNA) both existed long before Facebook. This kind of analysis fascinates me, and I think it can really help others understand what's really going on in the Arizona nonprofit sector. Like this article?

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To do this analysis, you need to ask for both positive and constructive criticism. The technique is called Plus/Delta. Jane Bozarth’s “ From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Trainers ” includes some excellent templates and examples for training evaluation surveys. 3. The Evaluation Survey.