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Intuition vs. Data: How VolunteerMatch Uses Data to Change the Way It Makes Strategic Decisions

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Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. Avoid using marketing hype as a substitute for your own analysis. As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from. In the case of VolunteerMatch, we're not immune by a long shot. The results so far?

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces. sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces. Hallmarks of Web 2.0 Hallmarks of Web 2.0

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