Convergence report from La Piana Consulting – part 5
Previous posts here, here, and here have discussed a report from La Piana Consulting called Convergence- How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector.
One personal observation. Read more…
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We need to learn quickly to keep up with the massive change around us so we don't get run over. We need to outrun change.
Archive for the month “April, 2011”
Convergence report from La Piana Consulting, blurring boundaries – part 4
Previous posts here and here mentioned four emerging trends identified by La Piana Consulting in their report called Convergence- How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector. Will now discuss the last trend they have noticed.
As mentioned previously, I will be quoting from their report a lot.
“Sector boundaries are blurring” – Read more…
Convergence report from La Piana Consulting, networking and volunteerism trends – part 3
Previous post mentioned the first two emerging trends identified by La Piana Consulting in their report called Convergence- How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector. Will discuss two more trends in this post.
As mentioned before, I will be quoting from their report. Notice lots of quotation marks.
“Networks enable work to be organized in new ways” – Read more…
Creative visualization – astounding use of a map to show statistical data
(cross-post from Attestation Update)
A graph of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia shows the devastating losses suffered during the advance on Moscow and retreat. It is the best illustration I’ve seen of creatively presenting a complex body of information. Dare I say it is a beautiful graph? Why is this of interest to us? It shows a powerful way to communicate statistical data.
You can see the graph here at Cartographia. Click on the map to enlarge.
One sentence of explanation allows you to interpret the entire view – Read more…
Convergence report from La Piana Consulting – part 2
Previous post introduced an article by La Piana Consulting, which discusses their report called Convergence- How Five Trends Will Reshape the Social Sector.
In their report, La Piana identifies five emerging trends. I will mention the five with a brief comment or two on each. As I mentioned earlier, I will clearly identify the direct quotes from their article.
“Demographic shifts redefine participation ” – Read more…
Creative visualizations-military history illustration
(cross-post from Attestation Update)
I’ve been interested lately in creative ways to show data. We accountants are great at absorbing a lot of numbers and finding the patterns. Other people who don’t have our mind-set can not see what we see. We need to find new ways to explain things.
How would you summarize the location and intensity of wars over the last several centuries? One of my favorite historians would do that verbally over the course of a full-length book or a dozen columns. (And I’d love every word of it too!)
Jordi Colomer has done so in a 5 minute video:
