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

Tech Soup

Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. Data Mapping and Visualization. Microsoft enables charities to use Bing Maps free of charge. ESRI mapping tools software donations. A Few Good Mapping and GIS Tools.

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Workiz locks in $13M for productivity tools aimed at home services professionals

TechCrunch

Knowledge workers — those whose professions tend to be anchored to desks or computers — have long been the most obvious and primary focus for a lot of B2B apps and services.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Some tip include mapping out a good process for work flow and using collaborative technology effectively. Amy Su Jen offers up a great framework for individuals.

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Remote raises $150M on a $1B+ valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations’ global workforces

TechCrunch

Remote , which provides tools to manage onboarding, payroll, benefits and other services for tech and other knowledge workers located in remote countries — be they contractors or full-time employees — has raised $150 million.

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Gloat raises $57M to reinvent the internal job board

TechCrunch

But the problem, he said, was that although IBM did have internal job boards, it was hard to see how his expertise mapped on to the opportunities that were available. And that is before you consider the interface or any of the other aspects of user experience of using these tools.

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Study Finds That People Who Entrust Tasks to AI Are Losing Critical Thinking Skills

Futurism

The research team surveyed 319 "knowledge workers" basically, folks who solve problems for work, though definitions vary about their experiences using generative AI products in the workplace. As the scientists behind the study point out, there have long been concerns about "offloading" cognitive tasks to new technologies.

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