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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

.” She has a wonderful Twitter stream called “ Learning Flow ” that is a continuous learning stream of short activities (15-20 minutes) a day. She also publishes the Top Learning Tools Index , a crowdsourced list of the best technologies for networked learning.

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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

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. If this is new to your organization, tools like Airtable can make getting started easier.

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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

This is because staff members who are actively trying to learn and become better are the type of employees you should prioritize for retention. If you don’t already have learning opportunities and internal training to upskill your existing workforce, now is the time to really dive in.

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When Flexibility Becomes an Operating Principle: Lessons from a Nonprofit

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re actively participating in initiatives such as the Taproot Foundation Pro Bono Summit and the A Billion+ Change campaign , and we’re working closely with tech giants like HP and VMware to match and structure the right opportunities for their engineering teams to collaborate with our Project Partners.