Data
How Data Can Make You A Better Teacher (via teachthought.com)
Nice, accessible overview of the role that data can play in education, and the broader principles apply in many sectors.
How machine learning will fuel huge innovation over the next 5 years (via VentureBeat)
From healthcare to travel to advertising and more. The machines are coming.
Digital marketing
Is personalization creepy? 6 experts weigh in (via HubSpot blog)
You have people's data. How do you deliver better services without creeping them out?
Digital Fundraising
Orgasms for world peace? A charity porn site can’t give its money away (via salon.com)
Who'd a thunk it?
From #P2P15| What Twitter Taught Us About Peer to Peer Fundraising (via npENGAGE)
A useful collation of Orlando conference chat on this issue.
Phone Lockscreen Becomes Important Fundraising Tool for Cash-Strapped Charity (via psfk.com)
Clever idea. Hope it catches on.
Crowd funding
The Curious Adventures of an Astronomer-Turned-Crowdfunder (via MIT Technology Review)
We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars...