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Improving the Social Sector Using Data and Tech
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00:00 Intro
00:40 About Andrew Means
03:07 About starting a career and first steps
05:05 Global audience of the project
07:00 About professionals in the social sector
10:33 Tools and programs that are needed
13:30 How to choose unicorns
15:52 Technologies and data in social
19:30 How to solve the problems
22:20 Perspective of data in Social Sector
27:42 About the role of experience
30:44 The favorite speaker
32:02 Best advice
36:40 Final words
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Andrew has dedicated his career to creating a more effective and efficient social sector by developing data tools and technologies that help organizations improve their impact. He is currently the Senior Director for Global Impact Data Strategy at Salesforce.org and the CoFounder of BrightHive, a startup focused on data sharing technology and infrastructure for the social sector. Additionally, Andrew is the founder of Data Analysts for Social Good, a professional organization for individuals interested in how data, technology, and analytics are changing the social sector. Through this work, Andrew hosts webinars, classes, and an annual conference attracting hundreds of leaders from around the world. Previously Andrew was the founding Executive Director or Uptake.org, founder of the consulting firm Impact Lab, Associate Director at the Center for Data Science & Public Policy at The University of Chicago; Manager, and Director of Research & Analytics at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. In all these roles Andrew has helped develop teams dedicated to using data to further the impact of the social sector. Andrew is an internationally recognized speaker on issues of data and philanthropy speaking at conferences around the world. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Ingenuity Inc., VolunteerMatch, and The Wabash Lights and serves as Chairman of the Board at 10k Windows.
View the profileHello, and welcome back to the Civic hackers Summit. I'm so happy, you're joining us for this session that off, this track today. I am Lori, McNeil your post and the founder of the Civic hacker Network. And also of this fine virtual conference and speaking of virtual conferences. My favorite in this era has been good Tech Fest. And in this session, we are going to be connecting with Andrew means who founded that conference and does so much more. So, let me introduce you to, Andrew has dedicated his career to
creating a more effective and efficient social sector by developing data tools and technologies that help organizations improve. Their impact is currently the senior director for Global impact data strategy, at salesforce.org founder of brighthive a startup focus on data, sharing technology and infrastructure or the social. Additionally, Andrew, is the founder of data analyst for social good. A Professional Organization for individuals interested in how data technology and analytics are changing the social sector through this work. Andrew hose webinar has classes and an annual
conference attracting hundreds of leaders from around the world previously. And he was the founding executive director of updates. Org. Founder of a consulting firm impact, lab associate director at the center for data science, and public policy at the University of Chicago manager, and director of research and what it's at, the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. And in all of these roles and who has helped develop team dedicated to using data, to further the impact of the Silk Spectre. Andrew is an internationally recognized speaker on issues of data and philanthropy.
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