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...]

In the sequel movie  Crocodile Dundee 2, there is a great line when Mick Dundee visits the US and two guys try to rob him at knife point.    He pulls out his outback knife, which is three times larger and says,  "Now, that's a knife!"     When Alison Carlman, unmarketing manager for Global Giving, shared her social media measurement spreadsheet during a peer learning session I'm facilitating for Packard Foundation grantees based on "Measuring the Networked Nonprofit,"  I couldn't  help but … [Read more...]