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Technology as Partner (not Product) in Knowledge Work

sgEngage

In my more than 25 years doing knowledge work, I have often experienced technology platforms through a love/frustration lens. Where to Start First, I need to confirm that I am going beyond basic tracking and reporting and shifting to knowledge work. There are so many names and titles today that relate to knowledge work.

Knowledge 102
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Using Data to Improve Health Policies and Outcomes

Forum One

For health data to impact health outcomes and related policies, the data must be made accessible to policymakers, health advocates, and other interested parties. Making key health data easy to understand can change how people think, how policies are made, and, quite literally, save lives.

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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

Google Doubles Its Cartographers As Maps Continues To Go Wiki-Style - “As an online free mapping service, Google Maps is a great product. Here’s a free PDF with the Top 10 Guidelines for a social media policy. But it’s lacking in certain parts of the world.

Web 111
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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

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. More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge.

Data 116
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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. 5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits. Effective communication â??

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Google Research, 2022 & beyond: Robotics

Google Research AI blog

An undercurrent this past year has been the exploration of how large, generalist models, like PaLM , can work alongside other approaches to surface capabilities allowing robots to learn from a breadth of human knowledge and allowing people to engage with robots more naturally.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Check out recent press coverage of our work, featuring the head of our human rights team, Dr. Patrick Ball, in Foreign Policy magazine and NPR's On The Media. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.

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