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Top Ten Chart Secrets from A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But being a nonprofit data is not just about being an Excel ninja, it is also about visualizing data and being a chart master. When Ann told me she has lots of secrets and time saving tips for charts and offered to write this guest post, I was thrilled. Charts can be one of your strongest communication tools. Secret #10.

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A look at 15 best and (almost) free mind mapping tools for nonprofits

Candid

The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. Mind maps help us stay organized in the world of content shock, informational chaos, and short attention span. Psychologists revealed the power of this instrument for the human brain a long time ago. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive.

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How Nonprofits Can Tell Powerful Stories Through Data Visualization 

Allegiance Group

Data visualization uses graphs, maps, and other graphics to communicate complex information more effectively. According to John Medina, author of Brain Rules , we retain 10% of its information three days after reading text. So, we designed a bar chart using red and green to indicate good or bad to alleviate the confusion.

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Meet the self-driving brains working with Volkswagen and Ford

The Verge

Or do you need more and better structured map data about the world around you, to make self-driving happen? You certainly need to know those rules, but our maps really encode a lot more than just what is encoded in a street sign. It maps a route. But you need to have maps to run your system. Who’s your map provider?

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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Map the data. I use survey monkey and grab the visual chart for each question and dumping each chart into its own Powerpoint slide. You have to slow down to create the charts and you really how to think about the “show step.” These are a great set of questions to ask as you look over your data.

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15 sectors pi Ventures expects deep tech to disrupt in the next 5 years

TechCrunch

Brain-computer interface: measurement to insight. This is where pi Ventures in-house framework comes in, featuring a ‘demand and supply resonance map’ to analyze deep tech shifts. Blockchain: promising to mainstream. Climate tech: incidental to critical. Data privacy: identifiable to anonymous.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

In this example info-graphic from David McCandles, he was inspired by Clay Shirky's claim that the world has an enormous ‘cognitive surplus' - untapped hours that we could be using our brains, but simply are not. Their Envisioning Development project helps people understand “What is Affordable Housing” in New York City.

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