Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2013

I wanted to take a deeper dive into resources out there that provide useful tips about how to do this step for folks who were not data scientists or data nerds. 1) Data Visualization Survival Guide : This resource (including the 176 slides powerpoint deck) was suggested by Devon Smith. How do you tell stories with data? (3)

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Tableau

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Andy Cotgreave—dataIQ Top 100 in data 2021, author of Big Book of Dashboards and Tableau technical evangelist—shares his top data-related books from this year. Nor that it displays myriad approaches to what a map can be. James and Oliver will be live on the December Chart Chat. Living in Data. Kristin Adderson.

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Tableau

AUGUST 6, 2024

Spencer Czapiewski August 6, 2024 - 6:34pm Kyle Massey VP Lead Software Engineer Kyle Massey, a two-time Tableau DataDev Ambassador and co-leader of the DataPride Tableau User Group, shares his experience with VizQL Data Service. What is VizQL Data Service? Why should you be excited about VizQL Data Service?

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Byte Technology

APRIL 20, 2017

Have you ever wondered if there was a way to gauge and chart your user’s behaviors while they’re on your WordPress website? Essentially, the tools and programs for creating a heat-map build an “overlay” of your various site’s pages, and areas that attract more activity appear “hotter” than sections that experience low activity.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

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. They say mind mapping makes people more creative and retentive. Why use mind maps in your nonprofit practice? Mind maps can help you: Plan nonprofit projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TweepsMap is an interesting Twitter app that will put your followers on a map of the world, literally. Despite a few glitches, you use this tool to see if your audience is local or global. What did you discover by putting your Twitter followers on the map?

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Tableau

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Andy Cotgreave—dataIQ Top 100 in data 2021, author of Big Book of Dashboards and Tableau technical evangelist—shares his top data-related books from this year. Nor that it displays myriad approaches to what a map can be. James and Oliver will be live on the December Chart Chat. Living in Data. Kristin Adderson.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In grantmaking, one word makes more eyes glaze over than any other – data. With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Who needs a crystal ball when you have data? The role of a Chief Financial Officer has always been to use data to tell the story of your organization’s past, present, and future. CFO job duties generally include overseeing the finance team, analyzing and presenting financial statements, and budgeting and forecasting.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We've covered bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, and maps in Beyond the Pie Chart. We finish the series by explaining the only time a pie chart actually is the right choice. When to Use a Pie Chart. As we state in our white paper, Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? Overlay pies on maps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2012

He has some terrific advice about how to apply visual thinking to your data visualization and to get insights. But first, he simplifies what visual thinking is: Look, See, Imagine, and Show. These are a great set of questions to ask as you look over your data. The steps are: Collect your data. Map the data.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 23, 2024

of MatrixMaxx , a leading Association Management System (AMS) that helps trade associations and professional societies manage their organizations better, have great member journeys, and be higher performing through data. These highly visual dashboard elements will give staff a new perspective on membership data and trends.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Scientist / Data Analysis Engineer / General Techie Want to help save the world with your code? We're Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and we're hiring right now ! What you will do: Write computer programs for human rights data analysis projects. Process, clean, and transform data.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Myth 1: “Candid grants data” is the same as “990 data.” These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. These forms are a primary source of data about U.S. Many of the largest U.S.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The data visualization tool, which consists of a map, charts, and lists, documents foundation support across several key areas including: campaign and election processes governing institutions and processes information and media public engagement and voting . Democracy website is a great resource to help you get started.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

. —– I love data as much as the next person. Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. But, there’s more to being data-informed and more to what we should demand of our data, right? Is data helpful if you aren’t using it? data nten'

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. Who remembers the days of charities arguing with local United Ways over the donor data? Too many sources of donor data to keep track of. The data generated by the workplace has changed.

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Towards Data Science

JUNE 6, 2023

Fitbit activity analysis with DuckDB Photo by Jake Hills on Unsplash Wearable fitness trackers have become an integral part of our lives, collecting and tracking data about our daily activities, sleep patterns, location, heart rate, and much more. What insights are buried within my archive of personal fitness activity data?

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2012

Websites are loaded with eye candy these days — from slick user interfaces to interactive maps to cool photo slideshows — all achieved without Flash, just HTML, CSS and Javascript. In this 2-part series, I'm going to focus on the rapidly changing world of interactive tools for data visualization, or dataviz.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 7, 2023

For health data to impact health outcomes and related policies, the data must be made accessible to policymakers, health advocates, and other interested parties. Too often, health data is locked in massive datasets that are opaque to all but epidemiologists and statisticians.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Charts and graphs are useful, but when you have any kind of location data — whether it's postal codes, state abbreviations, country names, or your own custom geocoding — you've got to see your data on a map. So demand the same informative view from your data. When to Use Maps.

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NTEN

JANUARY 8, 2013

Data sharing has become a critical part of collaboration and will continue to do so as we are able to access and create more data. There are many sites that allow you to upload data, as well as download other data, for free. The site hosts a wealth of data searchable by agency, category, topic, or geographically.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam This map shows some of the sites where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation, as well as employment through the cash-for-work program.

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Tableau

APRIL 6, 2021

In the April release of Tableau Prep, you can now invoke the power of Salesforce Einstein Discovery to bulk score your data directly in your flow. With this integration, you can apply predictive machine learning models built in Einstein Discovery to your flow data, then generate predicted outcomes directly in your flow. April 7, 2021.

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TechRepublic

MARCH 28, 2024

Create org charts, flow diagrams, mind maps, SWOT analysis and even floor plans with user-friendly controls and over 250,000 preset templates.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Data Culture, Blueprint. Katie Kilroy , Data Katie. Data Doctor Download: The Advice Column No One Asked For. Map Layers, Buffer Calculations & Parameter Actions in Tableau. Jason Penrod , Playfair Data. Hiding a Tableau Filter’s Options While Including Its Data. How to Make a Radar Chart in Tableau.

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Tableau

JANUARY 5, 2022

Three I’m excited about are Back 2 Viz Basics , Data Plus Music and Games Night Viz. Data viz Colors: The Good the Bad (and the Ugly). A Typology for Dashboard Insights: Contextual, Functional, and Strategic Data Points. Gabriela Mitache , The Data School UK. 5 Tips to Visually Enhance your Tableau Data Visualizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Community Mapping. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Nine months after its public launch, Verb Data , a customer-facing analytics company, took in $3 million in funding to continue developing technology so that SaaS companies can build better in-product dashboards for their customers. Users will also be able to visualize their data on maps on existing dashboards to allow for better reporting.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

The first of these free webinars, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 11 a.m. At the Foundation Center, he builds mapping applications, data visualizations, semantic analysis scripts, and application programming interfaces (APIs). Pacific time.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Read on to discover the value of data-driven storytelling and how this key feature increases trust and enables your nonprofit to drive more revenue. By applying simple information-sharing strategies, you can appeal to donors who, in today’s dynamic world, are more sophisticated and demand data when deciding how to allocate funds for donation.

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Tableau

APRIL 21, 2021

In Zambia’s North Luangwa National Park, rangers study the map on their screen to see if there are any places they haven’t checked. Fed by data compiled from EarthRanger, a wildlife management and protection tool, the rangers discover an area unchecked. Park rangers becoming data pioneers. Photo: Mana Meadows.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. Why pay attention to data? Data is valuable! Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit.

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Forum One

JANUARY 26, 2023

There is no “I” in data. No one team or person can handle all the data in a given organization, so how do you get everyone to pull together and gain alignment? Unifying your data strategy is not an easy task. What’s in your data vision? The systems and tools that both produce and use data just keep on multiplying.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

The first webinar in this series, Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good , was held on March 29. Data Visualization Goals. One theme that I took away from this webinar was the need to identify a goal for data visualizations. This free event will be held on Thursday, April 26 at 11 a.m.

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Tableau

AUGUST 5, 2022

Similar to the advancements in telescope technology, data visualizations 10 years ago were no where near the art they’ve become today. Vizzes advance as the industry learns more about accessibility and human cognition, and as improved data literacy pushes the world to be more data driven. Go TEAM DATA! Darragh Murray.

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