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Jun 21 2023 Human Impact Driver’s Seat Puts Data – and Power – in Gig Workers’ Hands A driver-owned cooperative gives essential gig workers access to statistics through an app that help them maximize their earnings--putting the power of data directly in their hands.
Dec 22 2022 Blog Post The Power of a Decade: DataKind Celebrates 10 Years of Data Science for Good In 2012, Jake Porway had an idea. Coming from the tech world, he was curious about taking the skills he and his fellow data technicians were using every day and putting them towards social good. So, he wrote a quick email sharing his vision and asking if anyone would like to join him in harnessing […]
Nov 02 2022 Blog Post Mobilizing a Global Volunteer Network for Social Good Across the globe, over 20,000 highly experienced and exceptionally productive data scientists, AI engineers, designers, and thinkers make up the DataKind community. This base of pro bono volunteer experts is the organization’s heartbeat. In leading the Data for Good movement, the nonprofit’s focus on meaningful work has drawn hordes of professionals eager to spend their […]