Hans Rosling’s The Joy of Stats has been awarded “Best Science Documentary” for television in the UK. Jury chairman George Duffield said: “The Joy of Stats made data sing in a way only TV can do”. About the video Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. A one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcast... [Read more from this newsletter]
KM 101 & Online Communities of Practices Courses*Reprint from KM Working Group listserv: What does the term “knowledge management (KM)” mean to you? Most people think of it as a vague descriptor for sharing or storing information, but few know the breadth of KM and how it can be used effectively to strengthen organizations and international public health projects. K4Health is pleased to announce the launch of the KM 101 eLearning course... [Read more from this newsletter]
GIS Conference & TrainingsGIS Conference & Trainings **Please feel free to share this information with appropriate colleagues at your organization, especially IT, M&E, Project, and Knowledge Management staff ** Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become an increasingly important tool in the way we report on our datasets, and on the way we analyze data for decision-making. Maps present data in a form... [Read more from this newsletter]
11th Annual Global Health Mini-University11th Annual Global Health Mini-University September 30, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Washington, DC Sponsored by the USAID Bureau for Global Health in collaboration with the George Washington University Center for Global Health, this event is a day-long forum offering over 70 different sessions highlighting evidence-based best practices and state-of-the-art information from a variety of... [Read more from this newsletter]
Africa Analysis: Science Going Social(reprint from Data Use Network) Internet use in Africa is growing. Nearly one in ten Africans had access to the Internet in 2010 — up from one in 200 ten years ago, according to the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU). As the Internet becomes more accessible across the African continent, social media, such as the micro-blogging site Twitter and Facebook, are gaining popularity.... [Read more from this newsletter]
2011 InsideNGO Annual Member Meeting – June 6-8 – Washinton, DCKeynote Speaker InsideNGO is pleased to announce that Dan Pallotta will be the Keynote Speaker for the 2011 Annual Meeting. Dan is the distinguished author of Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, which has been reviewed and acclaimed by The New York Times, The Economist, and The Stanford Social Innovation Review, among others. He is a regular contributor... [Read more from this newsletter]
Opening & Closing a Field Office – March 16, 2011 – Washington, DC“Very informative and excellently presented. Great intro to all the various elements and helpful pointing out of issues I’d never considered. The practical how-to information was invaluable.” 2010 Attendee Comments InsideNGO’s annual Opening and Closing a Field Office Workshop is a must attend workshop for those with operational responsibility for opening and/or closing an office.... [Read more from this newsletter]
ERP Workshop – April 7-8, 2011 – Washington, DC/VirtualWhat is an ERP system? ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning, and for most organizations it is a combination of their major IT systems for business operations, including, but not limited to: finance, HR, procurement and contracts management. In some cases, all these pieces will come from one vendor, and in other cases, multiple vendors. How these systems talk to each other and share... [Read more from this newsletter]
NPOKI endorses SDMX-HD Data Exchange FormatSDMX-HD is a Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX)-based data exchange format for the Health Domain (HD), intended to serve the needs of the Monitoring & Evaluation community. Starting in 2007, it was proposed and developed by the World Health Organization and partners to facilitate exchange of indicator definitions and data in aggregate data systems. This initiative seeks to... [Read more from this newsletter]
iRider Training – March 24, 25, 26 2010 – New York CityiRider Training – March 24, 25, 26, 2010 – New York City *** Please share this message with appropriate staff at your organization *** Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce our sponsorship of an iRider Training on Weds – Fri, March 24, 25, and 26. The three-day training will happen at EngenderHealth in New York: Wednesday, March 26 from 9AM to... [Read more from this newsletter]
