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Practical information and inspirational ideas to help social impact organizations use data to solve the world's biggest problems.

Guides

Achieving social impact starts here.

Guides to help you understand why your organization should leverage data for social impact and how to get started.

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3 Key Steps to a Successful Data Commons

A data commons is a software platform along with a governance framework that together allow a community to manage, analyze and share its data.

Intermediate Data Management

Resources from LightsOnData, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and +2

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence (AI). Machine learning (ML). Deep learning. Algorithms. So many new terms and concepts — but parsing through them to create value for your organization can be challenging. This guide provides an introduction to Artificial Intelligence and helps readers identify where it might add value to their organization.

Intermediate AI

Resources from Harvard Business Review, ICTWorks and +6

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Data Maturity Assessment

Start your data journey here.

This tool offers a pulse check, helping you measure and understand where your organization stands in your data journey today and connecting you with the tools and resources you need to move forward.

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Resources

Sharing learnings from the field to help you create positive change.

These curated resources include tips, best practices, tools, and templates to help social impact organizations through their data journey.

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Opportunities

Funding and career opportunities from our partners.

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Career Opportunity

Senior Data Science Officer

Will play a key role in building up the capacity of the Statistics and Data Innovation (SDI) Unit by developing and applying data science tools and methods to leverage non-traditional, high frequency data for development research.

Provided by Asian Development Bank

Career Opportunity

Data Scientist

This role sits within the Data Solutions team and will be directly engaged with the development, deployment and maintenance of AI products that will drive positive social impact around the world.

Provided by Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Career Opportunity

Graphic/Data Visualization Designer

Collects and analyzes data from multiple data sets and sources to create visualizations to assist and convey EHF’s work to improve community health in an intuitive, informative, and compelling way to a wide variety of audiences.

Provided by The Episcopal Health Foundation

Career Opportunity

Chief Technology Officer

The ideal candidate is experienced across a broad range of engineering tools, technologies and platforms, with deep expertise in software architecture and modern software engineering best practices.

Provided by Charity Navigator

Career Opportunity

Assistant Data Analyst

Support team members with data cleaning from primary or secondary sources and maintaining databases/data systems

Provided by United Nations

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