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France | Le guide ultime de la connaissance. Education News. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Data Without Borders matches tech-savy volunteers with organizations instead of data analysis. Round up a roomful of statisticians and technologists to dive into data for a weekend and intriguing things can happen. An opaque spreadsheet about traffic stops in New York City, for instance, morphs into an easy-to- read map of potential racial profiling hot spots. “Working quickly can be an impressive trick, but the real value is when organizations start to see what you can do with data. Every organization needs data in its DNA,” says Jake Porway, co-founder of Data Without Borders (DWB). Since its launch in mid-2011, DWB has demonstrated not only the value of bringing data science to social change organizations, but also the willingness of technical experts to donate their time to good causes.

Meanwhile, NGOs lag behind the for-profit world in harnessing data and using analytical tools to make better decisions. That wasn’t the only outcome. Accueil.

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