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Can Stories Be Data?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. First, with discipline and structure. Perhaps we are confusing qualitative data with gut decisions ? How do you make sense?

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Learning is the Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We used Dave Gray’s “ Board Thing ” online tool to crowdsource questions to discuss from the audience. If you are not already familiar with their work, you will learn a lot about online collaboration, knowledge management, informal learning, and networks by following them.

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Can Stories Be Data?

NTEN

I may start with numbers, but the process of collecting anecdotal information or stories in a structured way from your audience/stakeholders can help you generate insights about what those numbers actually mean. Some of the techniques include analyzing narrative data in a structured way to test and refine a theory of change.

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What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning

Global Giving

If you don’t have a good question in mind, your organization is probably better off focusing first on clarifying its theory of change. Similarly, if your organization doesn’t currently gather and store data in a structured way, investing in core data collection and reporting tools should be a higher priority than any machine learning models.

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Don’t Miss These 10 Nonprofit Conferences in 2023 & 2024

Neon CRM

The conference favors networking opportunities over speaker-led sessions and utilizes the “Liberating Structures” facilitation technique to spark conversation and empower innovation. Individual sessions at Good Tech Fest cover topics like machine learning tools, equity issues in tech, crypto philanthropy, and more.

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Employee Recruitment and Retention: 4 Engagement Tips

Forj

Offer professional development and continued learning opportunities. HR and performance management best practices are constantly changing in response to external factors in our society and economy, so reviewing your employee engagement strategies is always a beneficial idea. Ready to learn more? Let’s begin.

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When Flexibility Becomes an Operating Principle: Lessons from a Nonprofit

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Everything would be automated, everyone would get what they needed and our idea would help change the world! Developing Open Source Software For Social Good For example, in the last few months, individual employees have used volunteer hours to create fun interactive, online learning tools for educators and students using Mozilla’s Webmaker.