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10 Community-Centric Data Principles

I was recently asked at a panel – “what is good data?” See, I believe data – by itself – is powerless. What gives it power, what makes it...

Open Letter to Tech Companies: Care, Imagination, and Responsibility.

To the tech companies with AI in their plans and budgets currently or soon, this letter is for you. Despite the daily fancy and flashy...

Prepare for AI with AI Advancement Lab

I wrote my very first algorithm 16 years ago. I wrote my first algorithm that went live across continents about 10 years ago. In the past...

8 questions I want you to ask about data equity.

Nonprofits, here are 8 questions I want you to ask about data equity. Let me set some context where I am coming from. See, this is the...

10 Ideas for Nonprofits to Get Started with Data Equity

Data equity ensures that data collection, interpretation, and use are inclusive, representative, and free from biases, ensuring that all...

When Responsible AI meets Community-Centricity

This article is part of NamasteData's LinkedIn-based newsletter, 'Data Uncollected'. Subscribe to it if you like this piece! The idea of...

Meena Das Featured As The Next Leader To Watch

Read full article here: https://www.nonprofitlearninglab.org/post-1/3-more-nonprofit-leaders-to-watch

Short FAQ #1: How do nonprofits collect data?

Nonprofits collect data in a variety of ways, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and online tracking. They may also collect...

Make a commitment towards social equity and justice.

Join me for the workshops on data equity. More dates are added now. Link: https://data-is-for-everyone.teachable.com/

Say hello!

Hey, you. Happy New Year! Here is something I want to do for this year - say as many first hellos as possible. First hellos are powerful....

Data Is For Everyone. Period.

Data Is For Everyone – that is the first and only name that came to mind when I set up my virtual school of data workshops and courses...

Team Spotlight: Meena Das

I am Meena Das (pronouns: she, her, hers). I operate a data consulting practice, NamasteData, built on the belief that each of us...

Guest Blog: Can we listen to the “soft data” in the social change sector?

(image description: a quote from Natasha Krotez) I am fortunate to know Meena Das. She is a great teacher, friend and connector. Meena...

Two new FREE fall webinars!

Join me for two upcoming sessions in the fall: #1. Centering Community with Artificial Intelligence (hosted by Nonprofit Learning Lab)...

What Should You Do If You Have Not Received Enough Survey Responses?

The chart below shows the challenges 70-ish nonprofit professionals experience with conducting an equitable fundraising survey....

7 Tenets of Human-Centric AI.

This is a cross-posting from my LinkedIn-based newsletter Data Uncollected Edition 27. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter. (AI is...

Do you want to become part of 'data uncollected''s "Staying Unmuted" dialogue series?

A few weeks back, I opened my newsletter to create space for community dialogues that will allow us to celebrate and learn different...

Surveys are more than data collection tools!

Nonprofits, these days I want to dedicate my energy in encouraging you to consider surveys in your work (if you haven't already). Here is...

What's Advancing Equitable Data workshop?

I recently spent my afternoon creating this visual representation of anecdotes of learning from my workshop 'Advancing Equitable Data'....

New Workshop: Towards Human-Centric AI

Community, here is a call for your thoughts and perspectives. A year ago, when I started to search spaces for conversations to have on...