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What I Learned From @nancylublin About #dataonpurpose

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In August 2013, they sent an opt-in text message to area codes in El Paso and Chicago. The data set has been stripped of personal information and now available on a creative commons license at Crisis Trends. The first hire was a Data Scientist and CTO. It was designed and built on the notion of data collection and analysis.