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Open and transparent data sources are a necessity for nonprofits working to use data to make more intelligent decisions and to show supporters their work in new ways through data visualization. What does that mean for real world crisis situations? Or how will that help my organization be more efficient withour scarce resources? How can your nonprofit share it's work and join the collaborative effort to create open data for the better collaboration and results across the nonprofit sector? 

What if your data could be transformed into action? What if you could turn others' existing data into meaningful information for your staff or donors? Increasingly, we're seeing the government and other sources open their archives to share more data but if this data is not easily accessible, how can nonprofits use it in an efficient manner?  Many initiatives are working to make these data sources more readily available and easier to use.

Ask Eric Gundersen, President and Co-founder of Development Seed during our June Ask the Expert and hear his experience on transforming data into action and data-driven decision making.

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Eric Gundersen is the president and co-founder of Development Seed. Over the past seven years Eric has developed communications strategies and tools for some of the largest international development organizations in the world, in additional to working with U.S. based public health and education organizations. He is especially interested in improving information flows and efficiencies within large organizations, better integrating on the ground operations with those of their home bases, and visualizing information in actionable ways.

These focuses have led to the creation of Open Atrium, an open source intranet in a box that has been downloaded more than 90,000 times since its beta release in July 2009, and to Managing News, a data and news aggregator that is powering all kinds of sites, including one visualizing voting irregularities in Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election. He also works directly with clients leading the strategy and development of large data projects where targeted, clean, and powerful visualizations are key to the project's success.

Eric is a recognized expert on online communication technologies and open source software and has been featured in publications including theNew York Times, Nightline, NPR, Federal Computer Week, and others. He is frequently invited to speak on topics including open data, web-based mapping tools, knowledge management, and open source business models andhas presented at conferences such as SXSW, Web 2.0, Where 2.0, GOSCON, and DrupalCon. Eric was also a winner of the Federal 100 award for his contributions to government technology in 2009.

Eric earned his master's degree in International Development from American University in Washington, DC, and has dual bachelor's degrees in Economics and International Relations. He co-founded Development Seedwhile researching technology access and microfinance in Peru. Before starting Development Seed, Eric was a journalist in Washington, DC writing on the environment and national security.

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