Are nonprofits slow movers when it comes to technology? By many counts, they’ve made better use of social media than any sector – but it’s certainly true that nonprofits tend to be time-crunched and cash-strapped. That means that mission comes first. Other pursuits, like cracking the 500 page instruction manual on the latest visualization software, [...]

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The spark that drove our hunt for up-to-date nonprofit data was a desire to tell the story of that community’s ride through the economic recession. In the journalism world, the craft of storytelling is starting to meet the rapidly growing world of data flow – but the effectiveness of [...]

If you’re reading this, you’re almost certainly aware of the category 7 earthquake that rocked Haiti early on Wednesday evening. Thanks to the exploding density of real-time connection that is social media, news of the unfolding humanitarian crisis has blazed across the globe – with much of the initial coverage breaking within hours of the [...]