Lucy Bernholz

2012

A year in #socialmedia #datavis

Yesterday I posted my "prediction scorecard" reflecting on the #Ten for the Next Ten predictions I had made back in 2010. In the upcoming Blueprint 2013 you will find my scorecard for the predictions I had made in Blueprint 2012. Today, in honor of the new Pew Global

Scoring my own predictions

Have you read Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise? You should. It will make you appreciate the  National Weather Service and shake your head again at the collateralized debt obligation/mortgage backed securities meltdown of 2008. I always include a "Hindsight" section in my annual

and the final buzzword is....

....not going to be revealed until December 27th. And it won't be revealed here, but in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (as we did last year, and we shall do from now on). The good news? That gives you an extra 10 days to keep guessing what it could

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Beautiful and Brilliant Awards

I've called out great info presentation from Humanity United and the Knight Foundation over the last years. I'm happy to add the three following examples of "beautiful and brilliant" information sharing from foundations. * Mozilla Foundation for its Annual Report (includes videos, short sections you

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Guess #Philanthropy #buzzword #10 - win Blueprint 2013

Can you guess what the last #philanthropy #buzzword for 2012 will be? If you do, I'll send you a free hard copy of the Blueprint 2013. These are rarities - a limited number of the books will be printed and available. (Watch this space for where, when and

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Civic tech and listening for social change

The civic technology movement just got a big boost - a $45 million fund focused on technologies that help people engage with their governments and government agencies be more responsive to their people launched today. The Making All Voices Count Fund (MAVC) is a partnership between Omidyar Network, the U.

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Philanthropy buzzword 2012.9 - MOOCs

A MOOC is a Massive, Open, Online Course, or the somewhat bovine sounding name for a (usually free) class, offered over the Internet. Classes developed and delivered by university professors are lighting up the airwaves, allowing people anywhere to take classes once open only to enrolled students. MOOCs have universities

Tweeting for trustees

(Photo from my twitter stream, November 30, 2012) That tweet is something I've never seen before - "Tweeting for Trustees" I called it when I retweeted it and watched it take on life. The idea is impressive to me - My Society, the brand name of

In re: philanthropy rules, pay attention to the states

I'm up past my eyeballs working on the Blueprint 2013. In it I write about the critical role that state governments will play next year in providing incentives to, tracking, and regulating nonprofits and foundations. The last few days have carried these stories: 1) The New York Attorney

Scaling mutual aid

This is a fantastic article on #occupysandy, #rollingjubilee and the opportunities/challenges of scale in today's social economy. Occupysandy is the disaster response network birthed from the #occupy movement in response to Hurricane Sandy. Individuals have been out there serving as bike messengers, food runners, pedal powered cell

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Philanthropy Buzzword 2012.8 - Hackathon

Hackathon*. This a cultural event in the world of software coders that is quickly becoming a problem solving approach in the civic space. What is a hackathon? A brief and intense (usually a weekend) period in which coders, designers, data geeks, and increasingly artists, community members, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists

We've got data, now what?

Join me for this upcoming webinar We're Getting Data, Now What? Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:00am-12:00pm PST, 2:00-3:00pm EST Lucy Bernholz, Visiting Scholar, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Darin McKeever, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jake Porway, Founder and Executive

Your #Philanthropy #Buzzwords

I'm working hard on two things for you. First, the Blueprint 2013. There's some good news about the Blueprint this year. I can only tease you with it now, but look for a real press release soon. In the meantime, loyal readers and dear friends, pull

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The Art of Jargon

I had a great time at the Independent Sector conference on Sunday. I learned a lot at the four sessions I attended, ranging from some more details about the MarketsForGood initiative (concept paper is now up) to great examples of social finance from The Moore Foundation, Omidyar Network, New Schools

Buzzword 2012.7 Fiscal Cliff

The fiscal cliff. I was saving this buzz word for later in the year. However, I've heard the phrase so many times today it must be the post-election day equivalent of attack ads. Since reading the paper and turning on the radio this morning I've heard

Predictive analytics and philanthropy

Political and media junkies agree that one man, whose name appeared on no ballot, really won the election on Tuesday. Nate Silver, big data political analyst, blogger, and New York Times columnist. Silver's accomplishment? Using aggregate analysis of polling data Silver was able to correctly predict the outcome

The big power of 140 characters

A few days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Atlantic seaboard, devastating places like Staten Island, I saw something on Twitter I'd never seen before - a request for a significant donation: Met and responded to by the Foundation (within hours) Agreement reached - All on Twitter. In

Money laundering and the election

When I wrote, in 2010, that the Citizens United decision would lead to money laundering by nonprofit social welfare organizations I really didn't expect it to be as obvious as this morning's headline on the San Francisco Chronicle: (Photo from http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.

#tech, communities, #sandy

This is, (bad pun intended), a marathon. 1) Steven Clift of eDemocracy is working on a "tips" list for neighbors, disasters, and social media. 2) "First world" disaster recovery - cell phone charging is major activity.   3) #DoSomething helps people everywhere think about disaster prep with

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#Sandy, Tech, Communities - Part 8

This is the 8th post in this series. Here are some more resources 1) New York Tech MeetUp -#NYTM - is helping folks find electricity and coworking spaces. They've crowdmapped office space and bike access. (HT @ElizbthMllr, @Rasiej). They're coordinating through twitter with hashtag #sandycoworking

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#tech, communities and disaster #Sandy part 7

I took a brief break to watch the #SFGiants celebrate the World Series Championship - a great day in San Francisco. A bit of cheer (from about 1 million crazed fans). (The view from nine floors above Market Street, confetti guns and players in cars. I'm going to

Tech, communities and #sandy (big data version)

This is my 6th post on how communities - physical and virtual, issue and skills-based - are using technology and social media to prepare for, respond to and recover from the storm #sandy. 1) Big Data All of the #hurricanehacker mapping and needs/haves tools that have been created rely

(More) Tech and #Sandy (part 5)

Still more examples of technology communities' contributions to, and use of social media by, hurricane #Sandy relief efforts. Earlier posts from yesterday and this morning. 1) Senator Gillibrand tweeted out about #NYC volunteering coordination via email and Facebook: 2) Here's the volunteer sign up page being circulated

Tech, communities and #sandy (part 4)

Continuing my collection of tech-related #sandy relief, rescue, clean up resources. Two earlier posts on tech efforts and one on community foundations. 1) Here's a page of #SandyVolunteer efforts for folks who want to contribute their time or expertise. Here's the read-only page of #hurricanehackers projects

Community Foundations and #Sandy (part 3)

(map from google.org) (Updated at 8:22 am PDT Tuesday October 30th) I scooted around the web at 8:30 pm Monday night (October 29th) to see what community foundations were saying about disaster relief and response. Here's what I found by searching those community foundations in