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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...

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...

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...

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 wrong with our nonprofit data?
My episode on Nonprofit Nation is now live!! Listen to this conversation with Julia Campbell TODAY. Link to the episode on Buzzsprout...

Breaking Algorithmic Behaviors in Philanthropy
Listen to my interview with Moving Beyond on breaking algorithmic behaviors in philanthropy. This is based on Edition 15th of my...

Why the newsletter "data uncollected"?
I love people. Data is the language I speak well (if not fluently), that allows me to remember, honor, count and find opportunities of...

My next immigrant rights + data project
As part of my consulting on immigrant rights projects, I am researching the emotional needs, challenges, and successes of...


How can you push for equitable research? Here are 4-ways.
After witnessing the world spiral in the past few months (and seeing how far we must go to achieve social justice), I think we all can...

Nonprofit Leadership + Analytics
Here are some common questions I get from nonprofit leaders data and analytics: ● “How do I implement analytics in my nonprofit?” - from...


Nonprofit Leadership + Analytics Post
Here is a glimpse of my yesterday’s prospect call (I am sharing it to make a point). We were talking about setting up a data collection...

Cheat sheet: Convince your leadership to invest in data services in 4 steps
The art of convincing. Some might call it the art of negotiation. Call it anything, but nothing changes how difficult it is in practice....

Step-by-step guide for starting a data science career in fundraising
Learning data science can be scary, especially when every online resource adds tons of materials every day. And, while every new data...
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