Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. The Magic of Finding and Presenting Compelling Data In this Chronicle of Philanthropy post Matthew Scharpnick argues that despite the big data hype for every new piece of valuable data, a lot more useless data surrounds and obscures it making it challenging to find useful insights.

Guinea-Bissau 52

Guinea-Bissau Equatorial Guinea Africa Data 52

Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Challenging some of the predictable backlash against big data hype Andrew McAfee describes some of the errors people make when writing about data and gives a short list of things to consider when writing about it in his Harvard Business Review blog post. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data.

Africa 47

Africa Data Philanthropy Giving 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2009

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. I saw this happening in particular during the Moldovan "Twitter revolution" discussion (which Joe linked to in his post).

Social Media 50

Social Media Change Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2005

I'm still trying to better understand what it all means for nonprofits and maybe we just say to hell with the technology hype & buzzwords and focus on the value of collaborative outcomes that the Web 2.0 (for On Netsquared , there was a recent post about Bioneers and some thoughts about a session about online tools and mobilizing.

Web 50

Web Hype Bookmarking Delicious 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. Allan Benamer, of the Nonprofit Tech Blog points out that "It???s Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Sort of a 2008 version of build it and they will come syndrome we saw in the 1990's. s the secret sauce?

Summary 50

Summary Social Network Nptech Practice 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. New (To Me) Nonprofit Tech Blogs. Standford Social Innovation Review Blog you'll find some of the best nonprofit tech and philanthropy bloggers - like Sean Stannard-Stockton , Britt Bravo , and Lucy Bernholz. And if you???re

Convio 50

Convio API Nptech Summary 50