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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world.

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Techniques and Tools: How To Visualize Your Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can do a whole network analysis. Using the analysis steps below, it can help you be more intentional with online networking, learning, and building thought leadership. He did an analysis of his Facebook friends to explore the connections that consist among them. List them and do an analysis based on: Age.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. What do “Semantic Analysis” and “Natural Language Processing” mean, and how do they make the Social Actions API better?

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5 Tips for Creating Impact with Omnichannel Marketing

Forum One

An effective omnichannel strategy relies heavily on an intimate knowledge of your audiences and their interests and needs. Business Intelligence tools for analytics reporting, projection analysis, and data visualization to effectively manage your data and insights. Make sure you really understand your audiences.

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Data Digest: From Presidential Campaigns to Social Good

Tech Soup

For example Edgeflip , a new initiative plans to turn the ad hoc data analysis tools developed for the campaign into software that can make nonprofits more effective at raising money and recruiting volunteers. Analysis: Potential, pitfalls of "big data" for humanitarians. Open Source data digital storytelling big data'

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

But don't be afraid — huddle up for warmth and knowledge with your nonprofit tech friends at a local Tech4Good meetup. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Friday, October 7, 2016.