Top stories published by Up to Data in 2024

What does being data-informed mean to you?

Originally posted on Issue №3 — June 2022

5 easy steps to improve your data slides

Originally posted on Issue №15— June 2023

The thing is that although collecting and analyzing data is essential, one key element of working with data is knowing how to communicate it. But thankfully, data visualization has evolved so…

Teamwork makes the dream work!

Originally posted on Issue №20 — November 2023

Why collaborate on data initiatives?

Originally posted on Issue №12 — March 2023

There are no data people

Originally posted on Issue №5 — August 2022

Or maybe I should say we’re all data people. In their book, Creative Confidence, the founders of IDEO and Stanford’s d.school make the case that there aren’t creative and non-creative types of people. There are only…

Using the best data (part 2 of 4)

Originally posted on Issue №8 — November 2022

Last month, we talked about asking the right questions. Asking clear, answerable questions will save you time by helping you know what data is best to use.

Moneyball your organization

Originally posted on Issue №4 — July 2022

I love learning about other industries to find transferable insights — ideas we can bring back to the social impact sector. For instance, reading about baseball analytics caused me to ask: Are we measuring the…

Asking the right questions (part 1 of 4)

Originally posted on Issue №7— October 2022

We all know we should be using data — for fundraising, program design, strategic planning, grantmaking, policymaking, volunteer recruitment, and more. But we don’t always know where to…

Working with (and around) 2020 Census data

Originally posted on Issue №1 — April 2022

The 2020 decennial census was released earlier this month. And after political interference, data collection during a pandemic, modified methodologies, and delays in publication, the data…