Never in a million years did I ever think I would use data and mindfulness in the same sentence. For the past two months, I've been wearing a rock in a bra, a device called Spire. You think of it as a fitbit for stress developed by the Calming Technology Lab at Stanford University. You wear it in your bra or clip it to your waist, and it measures your breath. It streams data to an app on your phone like your step count, but more importantly gives you a report on whether you are calm, … [Read more...]
Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks
Last week, I had the honor of participating on a keynote panel at Celgene Corporation's Patient Partners annual meeting ahead of the ASCO Conference (ASCO is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, prevention and delivery of high-quality patient care). The panel included Stefani Klaskow, Head of Industry/Healthcare at Google; Carrie Martin Munk, Chief Communications & Marketing Office, The ALS Association, and Jackie Fouse, Ph.d, … [Read more...]
Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech
Note from Beth: My colleagues at Network Impact have released an important report about measuring and evaluating "civic tech" based on their experience working with Knight Foundation grantees. It goes beyond just analytics tools to exploring tools, techniques, and data for measuring deep civic engagement, open governance, and inclusive decision-making. My colleague, Anne Whatley, wrote this summary of what you'll find when you dig into these two stellar and highly practical reports and … [Read more...]
Spotting the Human Side of Data at DoGoodData Conference
"Problems don't start with data, they start with people." -@deanmalmgren reminds us not to lose sight of the user's humanity #DoGoodData2015 — Plenty (@PlentyCo) May 1, 2015 Last week, I attended and presented at the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago. The conference is expertly curated by Andrew Means who has shaped the agenda and speakers into an incredible learning experience for both the human and technical sides of data of for good. This is the best conference to learn about data for … [Read more...]
DoGoodData Conference: Live Long and Prosper with Data for Good!
Great conference @meansandrew and see at next years #DoGoodData2015 may the force be with us all @kanter pic.twitter.com/7pXQWjyyXH — Alicia Schatteman (@aschatteman) May 1, 2015 Last week I attended the DoGoodData Conference in Chicago where I learned an incredible amount about the human side of data - themes like data visualization, data informed culture, using data for impact, and more. I also was honored to facilitate a reflection exercise as part of the closing plenary session with data … [Read more...]
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