How can machine learning and data help us better measure behaviors like reading? Worldreader is a global nonprofit that uses technology to expand access to books in vulnerable communities. While apps with digital libraries and reading activities are their primary tool, the end goal isn’t just to produce apps — it is to cultivate lifelong …
Does custom software need to be expensive? You’ve probably asked yourself that question, hearing price quotes of $50,000 and above to build a web or mobile interface that could help you serve your constituents at scale. Luckily, there are tools that can help you prototype and build applications for a fraction of time and cost. …
Most nonprofit professionals today do not have the data training they need to meet requests from funders to be data-driven. This session reviews how January Advisors worked with Houston-area nonprofit organizations to develop and execute a strategy to become data-driven. Our work focused on training a cross-functional team of ‘Data Ambassadors’ to increase their data …
Criminal records have numerous downstream impacts. They can limit the ability of individuals to find housing, get a job, and participate in public life. What’s more, the downstream impacts of a criminal record aren’t limited to felonies or convictions. Even people convicted of a misdemeanor or who have had a case dismissed face these barriers. …
Scaling Civil Legal Aid with ClearYourRecordHarrisCounty.org Read more
Data & Analytics careers in the nonprofit/NGO sector are becoming increasingly common as organizations focus more and more on data-driven approaches to amplify program impact, increase fundraising, broaden marketing outreach, and influence legislation through advocacy and policy. But who ought to guide nonprofits through the wilderness of data strategies, techniques, and technologies? What staffing and …
Just about every major for-profit field benefits from trusted open source software infrastructure and associated standards that enable people and data to smoothly work together. In addition, most for-profit verticals have at least a handful of software-as-a-service platforms to meet the needs of organizations in that field. And yet, these types of solutions are largely …
…Leadership, please do attend this session! Most often, theories of change and other strategic products that impact organizations’ data practices are developed at leadership and board levels and dictated to staff without meaningful engagement and honest space for reflection and learning. Genevieve Smith has been working with organizations to flip this process on its head: …
The Internet can proliferate inequality and injustice, especially when its design is not inclusive nor its designers diverse. The Internet can also invalidate traditional forms of knowledge production and knowledge sharing and has the power to erase languages and cultures. But it doesn’t have to. Highlighting examples from the Internet Society Foundation’s Research Program, this …
Moving towards a Decolonized Internet through Research – Shayna Robinson Read more
The ability to access and effectively use data is just as vital to Not for Profits and Social Enterprises as it is to any organisation, yet smaller funding pools and the need to be seen to be spending donor funds directly on providing services means that many Not for Profits find themselves on the wrong …
Chayn, NotMyPorn, Wise Afrika, and the World Wide Web Foundation showcase products, policies, and campaigns that improves the tech we use to grow our online world, and ensures that those who are most targeted and harassed online can thrive. Join for examples of work happening around the world and how countering gender violence online builds …
