Taming
the
Data
Monster



NTEN
Webinar

July
29,
2010



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416Style,
Flickr,
Crea5ve
Commons

Bernholz,
Skloot,
and
Varela


Published
by
Duke
University,

2010


Download
at



hMp://www.scribd.com/doc/
31178075/Disrup5ng‐
Philanthropy‐FINAL

 Data
as
new
plaZorm
for
change

•  What
data
maMer?

•  What
makes
data
disrup5ve?

•  What
will
the
future
look
like?

•  What
do
I
need
to
know
now?

 Data
as
new
plaZorm
for
change

“More
and
beMer
data,

more
readily
available

and
at
lower
cost.”


“Data
is
an
input,
an

output,
and
a
plaZorm.”


Data
ARE
not
–
objec5ve,

perfect,
easy,
a
cure‐all

Photo
from
Epsos.de,
Flickr,
Crea5ve
Commons

What
data
maMer?

 What
data
maMer?


Photo
by
Cobalt
123,
Flickr,
Crea5ve
Commons

What
data
maMer?

 What
makes
data
disrup5ve?

New
defini)ons
of
exper)se

“Now
only
an
expert
can
deal
with
the
problem.

Because
half
of
the
problem
is
seeing
the


problem.
So
if
there’s
no
expert
dealing
with
the

problem
it’s
really
actually
twice
the
problem.


Cause
only
an
expert
can
deal
with
the

problem.”



 
 
 
 
 
Laurie
Anderson,
“Only
an
Expert”

New
sources
of
data
are

emerging

 Hashtags
guide
travelers
to
right
resources


Slide
from
Slideshare
hMp://www.slideshare.net/shanxz/ashtag.
Credit
Shashank
Nigam

Crowds
make
data
disrup5ve

 What
makes
data
disrup5ve?


•  Access

•  Cost

•  Sourcing
 Create
new

•  Remixability
 solu5ons,

By
 challenge

previously
 old
ways
of

un‐heard
 doing

Used
and
 from

sourced
in
 business,

experts
 and
can

new
ways

upset

New
types

exis5ng

of
data

power

dynamics

 What
does
the
future
look
like?


New
providers
and
users
of
data

Transac5on
 Data
Sources

PlaZorms

Data
across
the
capital
market

Measurement
tools….

…maps,
and….

…metrics

Market
Solu5ons

 Future
built
on
data
is
filled
with


new
enterprise
forms

New
forms
of
finance
 New
governance
models


…opera)ng
on
a
global
scale…

…and
genera)ng
new
data...

…that
operate
on
a
global
scale…

…and
that
require
new
visions


of
relevant
policies….


hMp://www.mindmeister.com/27241038/
policies‐that‐influence‐philanthropic‐giving

What
do
you
need
to
know
how
to
do

now?
 FILTER


For
credibility,


validity,


accuracy,



hMp://journalismthatmaMers.org/content/
emerging‐news‐ecology‐0

 What
do
you
need
to
know
now?

Make
sense
of
the
monster
–
Staff
need
data

skills

–
data
mining,
data
visualiza5on,
data
repor5ng

 What
do
you
need
to
know
now?

Measure
what
maMers
and
know
what
maMers

 What
do
you
need
to
know
now?


Where
does
the
real
value
of

your
data
come
from?



Open
it
up
and
recalculate

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more
informa5on


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