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10 Community-Centric Data Principles
I was recently asked at a panel – “what is good data?” See, I believe data – by itself – is powerless. What gives it power, what makes it...

Open Letter to Tech Companies: Care, Imagination, and Responsibility.
To the tech companies with AI in their plans and budgets currently or soon, this letter is for you. Despite the daily fancy and flashy...


10 Ideas for Nonprofits to Get Started with Data Equity
Data equity ensures that data collection, interpretation, and use are inclusive, representative, and free from biases, ensuring that all...

Meena Das Featured As The Next Leader To Watch
Read full article here: https://www.nonprofitlearninglab.org/post-1/3-more-nonprofit-leaders-to-watch

Make a commitment towards social equity and justice.
Join me for the workshops on data equity. More dates are added now. Link: https://data-is-for-everyone.teachable.com/

Data Is For Everyone. Period.
Data Is For Everyone – that is the first and only name that came to mind when I set up my virtual school of data workshops and courses...


Team Spotlight: Meena Das
I am Meena Das (pronouns: she, her, hers). I operate a data consulting practice, NamasteData, built on the belief that each of us...


What Should You Do If You Have Not Received Enough Survey Responses?
The chart below shows the challenges 70-ish nonprofit professionals experience with conducting an equitable fundraising survey....

Are you scaring away your donors through your surveys?
Imagine two people meeting for the first time. One of them (say A) buys ice cream for the other one (say B). B becomes extremely happy to...

Surveys are more than data collection tools!
Nonprofits, these days I want to dedicate my energy in encouraging you to consider surveys in your work (if you haven't already). Here is...


Engaging Ideas with Tony Kopetchny
Listen to my podcast with Tony here.

What's wrong with our nonprofit data?
My episode on Nonprofit Nation is now live!! Listen to this conversation with Julia Campbell TODAY. Link to the episode on Buzzsprout...

Breaking Algorithmic Behaviors in Philanthropy
Listen to my interview with Moving Beyond on breaking algorithmic behaviors in philanthropy. This is based on Edition 15th of my...

Why the newsletter "data uncollected"?
I love people. Data is the language I speak well (if not fluently), that allows me to remember, honor, count and find opportunities of...

My next immigrant rights + data project
As part of my consulting on immigrant rights projects, I am researching the emotional needs, challenges, and successes of...

Nonprofit Leadership + Analytics
Here are some common questions I get from nonprofit leaders data and analytics: ● “How do I implement analytics in my nonprofit?” - from...


Nonprofit Leadership + Analytics Post
Here is a glimpse of my yesterday’s prospect call (I am sharing it to make a point). We were talking about setting up a data collection...


How do you center community when working with your constituent data?
Most organizations I have worked with consider community as an outcome of their work with their donors towards their mission. Have you...


Nonprofits, Leverage Individual Giving Analytics, Today.
The way any nonprofit thrives in its marketing and outreach programs is by gathering and using the data it collects through its donors....


How to Design a Post-donation Survey
After any successful fundraiser, once the money is accounted for and plans are made to distribute it, the pencils will come down and the...
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