Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called "Foundation Maps for Media Funding," a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. This version of the tool is a significant upgrade to the tool launched previously by Media Impact Funders. The tool is designed for funders, nonprofits, mission-driven media makers, journalists and philanthropic … [Read more...]
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Five Tips for Nonprofits Data Visualization
Note from Beth: I met Matthew Scharpnick, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Elefint Designs, a strategic design studio that works with good causes, at the Data for Good Conference in Chicago. One area that he works on is data visualization for nonprofits. See for example, his case study about how to create an informative data visualization that provides context around a complex and controversial topic. Since he does data visualization 24/7, I asked him what his best advice was for … [Read more...]
Making Data Visualizations: A Survival Guide And Other Resources
[slideshare id=20052210&doc=making-datavis-survival-guide-130426191415-phpapp01] As part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation this year, I'm facilitating a peer learning group based on "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit" and the next session we are focusing on the sense-making step of measurement. This part of the measurement process is most the fun because it covers visualization, pattern recognition, and reflection. I wanted to take a deeper dive into resources out … [Read more...]
VolunteerMatch: How Real-Time Data Visualization and Learning Improves Impact
Last week, I had the pleasure of doing a Brown Bag Lunch Book Talk for Measuring the Networked Nonprofit hosted by VolunteerMatch at their offices. After the session, I sat down with VolunteerMatch's President Greg Baldwin to learn more about how they use data, measurement, and learning to measure and improve impact. This is part of my preparation for a session we are doing at next month's Media Impact Forum, a day long session for funders, technologists, media makers and social … [Read more...]
How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!
I have been interested in visualization techniques, visual facilitation, and visual thinking since 1991 when I read Tony Buzan's book, "Using Both Sides of the Brain: Mind Mapping Techniques" that started me down a very slow and leisurely learning journey. This year I've been focusing on data visualization and techniques for nonprofits - and working on my visual thinking skills without letting my basic drawing skills become a barrier. I've been a fan of Dan Roam's work since his book "The … [Read more...]
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