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What Does Big Data Have to Do With Me and My Organization?

Tech Soup

She tells me that big data is not surprisingly mostly collected by companies and to some extent also governments. The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices.

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6 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene

TechCrunch

The area is home to a number of investors, successful tech founders and an eager local government. Our fund targets two primary themes: B2B vertical SaaS and SaaS-enabled businesses/marketplaces, and broadly what we call knowledge worker tools — DevOps, cybersecurity and other typically product-led horizontal applications.

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Building The Nonprofit Board of Your Dreams: A Deep Dive Into Peter Drucker’s Insights

Bloomerang

Create partnership, not hierarchy Rejecting the notion of a hierarchy where either the board or the executive team dominates, Drucker championed a collegial governance model. According to Drucker, effective governance results from this teamwork, where roles and expectations are clear and aligned with the organization’s objectives.

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