Markets For Good Selected Readings Making Sense Of Data And Information In The Social Sector

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Big data
ISBN : OCLC:878533676

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Markets for Good Selected Readings by Anonim Pdf

Author : Markets for Good
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781456621148

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Markets for Good Selected Readings: Making Sense of Data and Information in the Social Sector by Markets for Good Pdf

Markets for Good is an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the progressive financial firm Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector. Our vision is of a social sector powered by information, where interventions are more effective and innovative, where capital flows efficiently to the organizations that are having the greatest impact, and where there is a dynamic culture of continuous learning and development. Over the past several years, Markets for Good has been a forum for discussion and collaboration among online giving platforms, nonprofit information providers, nonprofit evaluators, philanthropic advisors, and other entities working to improve the global philanthropic system and social sector. This effort has included over 50 people from more than 20 organizations. The website, MarketsforGood.org, and the work that we hope follows from it, is an outgrowth of what we have learned and observed through this collaboration. This retrospective collection of selected readings from our site includes an introduction by Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in which he highlights the "continuing wave of efforts that will push our sector to achieve even greater impact." Following Jeff's introduction, the Markets for Good Collaboration Team recaps the first 15 months of the campaign, and how they expect Markets for Good to evolve going forward. The subsequent 17 posts and authors' updates provide a range of perspectives on the most critical data-related challenges facing the social sector, and how these challenges can be addressed. Posts were chosen for their high readership, topic diversity, and thought leadership. The authors debate new and recurring hurdles in the social sector, like capacity and capital constraints; how qualitative data, including stories and beneficiary insights, can be incorporated into data-driven decision processes; and big-, medium-, and small-data management.

Author : George E. Mitchell,Hans Peter Schmitz,Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190084738

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Between Power and Irrelevance by George E. Mitchell,Hans Peter Schmitz,Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken Pdf

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs). As the world has changed and TNGOs' ambitions have expanded, the roles of TNGOs have shifted and their work has become more complex. To remain effective, legitimate, and relevant in the future necessitates organizational changes, but many TNGOs have been slow to adapt. As a result, the sector's rhetoric of sustainable impact and social transformation has far outpaced the reality of TNGOs' more limited abilities to deliver on their promises. Between Power and Irrelevance openly explores why this gap between rhetoric and reality exists and what TNGOs can do individually and collectively to close it. George E. Mitchell, Hans Peter Schmitz, and Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken argue that TNGOs need to change the fundamental conditions under which they operate by bringing their own "forms and norms" into better alignment with their ambitions and strategies. This book offers accessible, future-oriented analyses and lessons-learned to assist practitioners and other stakeholders in formulating and implementing organizational changes. Drawing upon a variety of perspectives, including hundreds of interviews with TNGO leaders, firsthand involvement in major organizational change processes in leading TNGOs, and numerous workshops, training institutes, consultancies, and research projects, the book examines how to adapt TNGOs for the future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Illegal aliens
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173014530845

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Selected Readings on US-Mexico Migration by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Hogarth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441111098

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How to Launch a Magazine in this Digital Age by Mary Hogarth Pdf

Lively and engaging, How to Launch a Magazine in this Digital Age adopts a practical guide for students and inexperienced editors, detailing the process of setting up and launching a new publication -- be it digital, print or a combination of both. Using case studies, theoretical/critical insights, and tests/exercises, this is the first how-to to embrace digital technologies, including a companion website with additional support with podcasts, web links, forums and timed live author chats. The key to the text's success is its ability to encompass the complete process. It begins with the initial idea and follows the process through to developing a business plan as well as setting an editorial strategy to achieve and maintain an audience in a digital age -- where traditional print formats face an uncertain future. It includes checklists and realistic timescales for producing a digital/print magazine, for both the working professional and the student in the classroom setting.

Author : Wang, John
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 3296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781799892212

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Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning by Wang, John Pdf

Big data and machine learning are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution. With the age of big data upon us, we risk drowning in a flood of digital data. Big data has now become a critical part of both the business world and daily life, as the synthesis and synergy of machine learning and big data has enormous potential. Big data and machine learning are projected to not only maximize citizen wealth, but also promote societal health. As big data continues to evolve and the demand for professionals in the field increases, access to the most current information about the concepts, issues, trends, and technologies in this interdisciplinary area is needed. The Encyclopedia of Data Science and Machine Learning examines current, state-of-the-art research in the areas of data science, machine learning, data mining, and more. It provides an international forum for experts within these fields to advance the knowledge and practice in all facets of big data and machine learning, emphasizing emerging theories, principals, models, processes, and applications to inspire and circulate innovative findings into research, business, and communities. Covering topics such as benefit management, recommendation system analysis, and global software development, this expansive reference provides a dynamic resource for data scientists, data analysts, computer scientists, technical managers, corporate executives, students and educators of higher education, government officials, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Susan J. Smith,Moira Munro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317968030

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The Microstructures of Housing Markets by Susan J. Smith,Moira Munro Pdf

House prices and mortgage debt have moved to centre stage in the management of national economies, regional development and neighbourhood change. Describing, analysing and understanding how housing markets work within and across these scales of economy and society has never been more urgent. But much more is known about the macro-scales than the microstructures; and about the economic rather than social drivers of housing market dynamics. This book redresses the balance. It shows that housing markets are social, cultural and psychological – as well as economic – affairs. This multidisciplinary approach is helpful in understanding the economic staples of supply, demand, price and information. It also casts new light on the emotional and political economy of markets.

Author : Gideon Arulmani,Anuradha J. Bakshi,Frederick T. L. Leong,A. G. Watts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461494607

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Handbook of Career Development by Gideon Arulmani,Anuradha J. Bakshi,Frederick T. L. Leong,A. G. Watts Pdf

This book is focused on work, occupation and career development: themes that are fundamental to a wide range of human activities and relevant across all cultures. Yet theorizing and model building about this most ubiquitous of human activities from international perspectives have not been vigorous. An examination of the literature pertaining to career development, counseling and guidance that has developed over the last fifty years reveals theorizing and model building have been largely dominated by Western epistemologies, some of the largest workforces in the world are in the developing world. Career guidance is rapidly emerging as a strongly felt need in these contexts. If more relevant models are to be developed, frameworks from other cultures and economies must be recognized as providing constructs that would offer a deeper understanding of career development. This does not mean that existing ideas are to be discarded. Instead, an integrative approach that blends universal principles with particular needs could offer a framework for theorizing, research and practice that has wider relevance. The central objective of this handbook is to draw the wisdom and experiences of different cultures together to consider both universal and specific principles for career guidance and counseling that are socially and economically relevant to contemporary challenges and issues. This book is focused on extending existing concepts to broader contexts as well as introducing new concepts relevant to the discipline of career guidance and counseling.

Author : Evert Gummesson,Montserrat Díaz-Méndez,Michael Saren
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031176623

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Improving the Evaluation of Scholarly Work by Evert Gummesson,Montserrat Díaz-Méndez,Michael Saren Pdf

This book aims to stimulate debate in the growing and highly controversial area of measuring scholarly work. The authors examine key aspects of this topic through the lens of the latest theoretical developments in service science and associated fields. It includes chapters explaining the theoretical developments and methodological aspects of measuring the quality of academic teaching and research, while other chapters provide a review and analysis of various types of scholarly work metrics and processes with examples from several countries, cultures, and educational systems. The current growing concern about higher education (HE) quality has prompted institutions to divide university teachers’ work into different areas and to design methods aimed at measuring the productivity of these areas. It is widely accepted that the need to evaluate HE service quality is a relevant issue for any society. However, the authors argue that most of the current practices used in the pursuit of this objective are jeopardizing the future of the university as a place of knowledge generation, science evolution and professional education.

Author : Jack L. Roach,Janet K. Roach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003878415

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Poverty; Selected Readings by Jack L. Roach,Janet K. Roach Pdf

Compilation of readings on the various aspects of world poverty, particularly in developing countries - covers sociological aspects, living conditions and behavioural patterns of low income groups, social policy, population problems, unemployment, social security, income distribution, the role of developed countries particularly the role of USA, the role of UN and other international organizations, etc. Bibliography pp. 331 to 334, references and statistical tables.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000052067181

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry X Shi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319043043

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Entrepreneurship in Family Business by Henry X Shi Pdf

This book presents an excellent analysis of how a family business is different from other forms of organization and especially its peculiarities in relation to entrepreneurship. Focusing on small and medium-sized second-generation Chinese family businesses this book provides an in-depth analysis on the relationship between the firms’ family attributes – or “familiness” as conceptualized in this book – and entrepreneurial processes, which leads to different outcomes. Eight cases from China are presented in this book and a dual-level approach is proposed for research on entrepreneurship in family businesses, emphasising both firm processes and the role of individual owner-managers. Readers will also find several useful policy and practice-oriented perspectives in this book.

Author : Marc H. Meyer,Frederick G. Crane
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412992657

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Entrepreneurship by Marc H. Meyer,Frederick G. Crane Pdf

This book shows students how to build successful new enterprises: to conceive, plan, and execute on a new venture idea. Based on research findings, the authors' own experiences and their work with dozens of young entrepreneurial companies, the book shows how innovation is inextricably linked with entrepreneurship. It breaks down all the key steps necessary for success, provides in-depth cases of companies from a variety of industries (with a focus on technology firms), and includes Reader Exercises at the end of each chapter that can be used for team activities.

Author : Zoetanya Sujon
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781526481979

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The Social Media Age by Zoetanya Sujon Pdf

Exploring power and participation in a connected world. Social media are all around us. For many, they are the first things to look at upon waking and the last thing to do before sleeping. Integrated seamlessly into our private and public lives, they entertain, inform, connect (and sometimes disconnect) us. They’re more than just social though. In addition to our experiences as everyday users, understanding social media also means asking questions about our society, our culture and our economy. What we find is dense connections between platform infrastructures and our experience of the social, shaped by power, shifting patterns of participation, and a widening ideology of connection. This book introduces and examines the full scope of social media. From the social to the technological, from the everyday to platform industries, from the personal to the political. It brings together the key concepts, theories and research necessary for making sense of the meanings and consequences of social media, both hopefully and critically. Dr Zoetanya Sujon is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Communications and Media at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Accounting
ISBN : UOM:35128000096220

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MAP Selected Readings by Anonim Pdf