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Embrace the Data, Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I told this crowd of data geeks that they should volunteer with nonprofits by signing up for the Analysis Exchange or serve on a nonprofit board – that nonprofits would welcome their expertise. I’ve been thinking a lot about this idea of ”data literacy” lately.

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The most recent Pew Internet Project Internet and technology use studies show how immersed teens and young adults are in the online environment and how tied they are to the mobile and social sides of it. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones. The ability to concentrate.

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The Next Step: Performance Management Systems

NTEN

Will you track results of adult literacy tests or teens transitioned into work programs? It should also provide tools for flexible, customized data analysis. Gather staff at all levels to understand, cooperatively, your organization's key outcomes, indicators, and performance targets.

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