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Data Wrangling Blues

Association Analytics

This was a familiar conversation in our small association where a handful of key employees worked well into many evenings compiling data from multiple sources. The manual compiling of data, lists, and reports was not professionally challenging, and we longed for better work-life balance. It was always the same story.

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Change InSight Initiative Relies on Data to Help Nonprofits Determine Programming Needs

NonProfit PRO

The answer may lie in data. How can organizations with limited funding and thin margins address the root causes of issues and have a ripple effect on the clients they serve?

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cakeā€”Put the Human Factor Forward

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But when the stakes are high, data is the knife that cuts through preconceptions to uncover the objective truth. AI turns that knife into a laser taking data-driven decision-making to unprecedented levels of accuracy, efficiency, and ease. AI provides a satellite image of an entire data landscape. Not necessarily so.

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Empowering Change Through Data

Tech Soup

Nonprofits deal with many data points, from donor profiles to volunteer records and program metrics. In order for organizations to make the most of the data they have, it's important for them to invest in the tools and expertise to understand it.

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Responsible AI Starts With Responsible Data

NonProfit PRO

Artificial intelligence will bring positive change and help transform nonprofits. However, we must also be careful with the data entrusted to us or weā€™ll miss the opportunity ahead and, instead, introduce new challenges.

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6 Tips to Transform Your Dirty Data in 2024

Association Analytics

We likely donā€™t need to convince you that in todayā€™s digital age, data is the lifeblood of any successful association. And youā€™re likely to agree that ensuring the cleanliness and accuracy of that data is key. But what happens if your data isnā€™t clean? Data should be directional Your data may be disorganized.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other ā€“ data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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