[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...]

This map is one of a series of 80 global maps describing the state of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats.  It is the result of a collaborative data and data visualization project undertaken by the Nature Conservancy scientists,  working with governments, scientists and conservation organizations around the world.   They are displayed here using new data visualization tool called Google Fusion Tables technology.  I discovered while browsing through the gallery wondering if any of this … [Read more...]

[slideshare id=19958007&doc=rwjf-sm-re-meeting-beth-kanter-slides-130425083953-phpapp01] Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called "Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations."     The participants were a cross-disciplinary group and included people who work at different foundations in the areas of evaluation, communication, social media, and programs as well as people who work for nonprofits and as … [Read more...]