Posts tagged with open data.

The Arab Spring has reminded us of the power of technology and the prominent role it can play in social upheaval. But despite the extraordinary events of the Spring, it remains to be seen if technology is the great equalizer it could be, or yet another tool that concentrates power in the hands of the few who try to speak for the many.

Recently my colleagues at TechSoup Global and I attended a very interesting event at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, sponsored by SAP and UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund).

Let's start from the sure and certain knowledge that TechSoup Global and its 35 partners across the world have had an impact that is widely acknowledged and acclaimed. Its outputs in delivering donated and discounted technology and high quality information to nonprofits are unquestioned.

Kudos to Good Magazine for dedicating their latest issue to data!

In this interview Tim Davies, curator of aidinfolabs.org and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation's Working Group on Open Development, and Alexandra Beech, communications officer at aidinfo talk to TechSoup Global about a

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.

TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog.

The Internet Society recently named TechSoup Global Communications Manager Keisha Taylor as one of two Fellows to participate in the 2012 Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Tech

This is the second of two parts in which we summarize the September 2012 issue of Alliance magazine which covered the various ways in which data and philanthropy intersect. (Note that a subscription to Alliance is required for access to the links below.) TSG's Tiffany Pintor contributed to these posts.

The September 2012 issue of Alliance magazine covered the various ways in which data and philanthropy intersect. There was a great deal of good thinking and we have digested these articles for broader consumption which we present here in the first of two parts. TechSoup Global's Tiffany Pintor helped prepare these summaries.

Romanian activist Elena Calistru talks about her www.banipierduti.ro (Lost Money) project in this interview, sharing her experience as a ReStart-er and how it challenged her data centric approach to transparency and accountability work in Romania.