Tomorrow Eric will lead an Ask the Expert session on open data and what it means for the nonprofit sector with NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. Open data can drastically improve efficiencies within organizations and fuel collaboration between organizations working for common causes, so it is particularly relevant to nonprofits.

Eric will talk specifically about some of our work in this area and its impact, such as project mapping in Haiti to improve collaboration between organizations working on the ground, vote count and other data visualizations for Afghanistan’s presidential election to combat fraud, and opening up the World Bank’s extensive data set with Data.WorldBank.org. And for the majority of the hour long session, Eric will answer questions from participants on open data and data visualizations, successful approaches to opening up and using data, and issues relating to participants’ projects an concerns.

The session will take place at 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) on Wednesday, June 23. More details and signup information are available on NTEN’s website.