Podcast appearances and mentions of andrew means

Andrew Means, Head Coach of the Avon Lake High School Varsity Baseball team, wraps up their winning season and provides a glimpse of his experience as an Avon Lake baseball/football player and coach. Link for Calendar Highlights:   For more information on current events, please visit www.AvonLake.org.

Andrew Means is the Creative Director and Owner of Transom, an agency that helps businesses create new, meaningful connections with customers through branding and digital work. Transom's design philosophy uses anthropology, story theory, and modern brand science to uncover the emotional resonance between companies and their clients.  Andrew has a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Whitworth College. Outside of work, you can find Andrew sailing, cycling, or DJing. In this episode: It takes more than just quality wine to succeed in today's industry—especially as the number of competitors grow. You have to implement strategies to set your business apart from the rest. So, what are the steps to make your winery stand out from competitors? And how do you cultivate innovation within your company? For Creative Director Andrew Means, your success is in your story. He says that businesses often rely on customers to tell their story; however, it won't make your company memorable. So how do you fix this? Andrew recommends focusing on the emotional connection between your company and your customers. In this episode of Legends Behind the Craft, Drew Hendricks talks with Andrew Means, Creative Director and Owner of Transom, about shaping your narrative to create a strong connection with your customers. Andrew shares advice on branding, redefining your virtual experience, and focusing on the why in your company's narrative. He also offers tips on designing a story that is unique, memorable, and scalable. Stay tuned!

Andrew Means is at the leading edge of social impact data. A self confessed: “cynical optimist. “ This podcast interview with Andrew explores why data is everything - only with good impact measurement can real scalable and lasting social change be made. Andrew is the Senior Director of Global Impact Data Strategy for Salesforce.org – the social enterprise arm of digital giant Salesforce. He is also co-founder of social sector data infrastructure firm BrightHive and founder of professional development organization Data Analysts for Social Good. Andrew challenges every one of us to be really rigorous and cynical about your own impact. “It’s easy to caste yourself in the role of hero saving people. [Instead we all need to] go out and collect evidence of your impact.” Explains Andrew. Our conversation is recorded during the first few weeks and months of the coronavirus pandemic and so Andrew also talks to businesses first reactions and how we will all need to change, adapt and help. For more information please check out: How can business help those most vulnerable to COVID-19: https://snipbfp.org/coronavirus Salesforce.org : www.salesforce.org Data Analysts for Social Good : http://www.dataanalystsforsocialgood.com BrightHive: https://brighthive.io

Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Guests Andrew Means (https://twitter.com/meansandrew): Data Analysts 4 Social Good (https://t.co/dWOGuNxRiP), The Good Tech Fest (https://www.goodtechfest.com/), Big Elephant Studios (https://www.bigelephant.io/). Sean Marcia (https://twitter.com/seanmarcia): Ruby For Good (https://rubyforgood.org/), Code For Good (http://codeforgood.io/). Summary Our guests this week are Andrew Means of Data Analysts for Social Good and Sean Marcia of Ruby for Good. Both of them run organizations that are involved with using technology to helping non-profits that could use even some simple software or data assistance. We’ll talk about what kinds of work their organizations do, how non-profits differ from for-profit work, how they try to keep projects running over time, and how you can get involved working with technology for good. Notes 02:01 - The Shared Mission of Tech For Good Events - Uptake.org (https://www.uptake.org/) 04:04 - The History and The Why 06:30 - Working with Nonprofits and Vetting Projects - National Diaper Bank Network (https://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/) - 412 Food Rescue (https://412foodrescue.org/) - BrightHive (https://brighthive.io/) - Salesforce (https://www.salesforce.com/) 13:20 - Managing and Maintaining Projects 16:26 - Understanding Nonprofit Problems and Issues 18:54 - For Profit vs Nonprofit - The Overhead Ratio (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/overhead-ratio.asp) - Tech Literacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_literacy) 25:12 - Getting Involved / Recruiting Technologists - DataKind (https://www.datakind.org/) 26:51 - Using Open Source - Ruby for Good on GitHub (https://github.com/rubyforgood) 27:34 - Growing and Maturing the Tech For Good Space Special Guests: Andrew Means and Sean Marcia.

Data science has infiltrated most enterprise organizations. But it's also being used to improve the efficacy of organizations in the social sector. My guest today is Andrew Means. Founder of Data Analysts for Social Good and Big Elephant Studios. Co-founder of BrightHive. Previously he was the founding executive director of Uptake.org and Associate Director at the University of Chicago's Center for Data Science & Public Policy. Andrew is an internationally recognized speaker on issues of data and philanthropy. On this episode we talk about how smart non-profits are taking advantage of data science to improve transparency and impact, how they're overcoming issues around lack of data through unique collaborative models, and how organizations can grow a data competency in house. For more advice on how to become a disruptor for your own organization, visit us at www.digintent.com. If you enjoy the podcast, would love a quick review on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks for Listening!

  Our guest on The Philanthropy Podcast is Andrew Means, Head of the Uptake Foundation and Beyond Uptake as well as founder of Data Analysts for Social Good. Andrew provides an incredible interview on data use in nonprofits, how we can move beyond using data only for final evaluations, and how to start building a culture of using evidence within your organization, and more. Andrew's conversation will be useful to nonprofits just starting to think about using data better as well as organizations with robust data programs considering how to improve and continue to lead.   Our show features Andrew sharing examples of multiple organizations that started using data and have made dramatic gains in their effectiveness because of it. While Andrew sings the praises of others, he humbly tells the story about how Data Analysts for Social Good began as a happy hour he organized in an attempt to build a community of like-minded people and has now grown into an international movement with over 900 members and a robust conference in the Do Good Data conference and a partnership with Stanford's Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society to put on the Digital Impact World Tour.   Remember, you can connect with me and our listeners online at:   The Philanthropy Podcast Linkedin Group, a great place to share articles and learn from your peers The Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Page, another way to be part of the conversation around our episodes @PhilanthropyPod on Twitter for the latest news and interactions   thephilanthropypodcast.com/awesome: If you think The Philanthropy Podcast has helped you do good better, then please visit and become a patron of the show at $1 per month or more. Be part of the community of people dedicated to helping share the message of new and innovative ways to better support the causes you support and the values you hold.   Links mentioned in today's show: Andrew Means on Twitter Andrew Means on Linkedin Data Analysts for Social Good Data Analysts for Social Good (Twitter) Beyond Uptake Beyond Uptake Data Fellowship Student Union Uptake Uptake (Twitter) Do Good Data Conference Digital Impact World Tour Digital Impact Lab Digital Impact Lab (Twitter) Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Twitter) Stanford University Stanford University (Twitter) University of Chicago Harris School for Public Policy University of Chicago Harris School for Public Policy (Twitter) University of Chicago University of Chicago (Twitter) One Goal (Twitter) Moneythink Moneythink (Twitter) Coursera Coursera (Twitter) Splash Splash (Twitter)   My thanks also go out to Life and Death Productions for editing and mixing this week's episode. You probably noticed an increase in the sound quality and I'll be sharing the original as I edited it, and their improved version, to get your input on quality and how it affects your listening enjoyment.       

This panel from our Do Good Data | Data on Purpose conference features conference co-hosts Lucy Bernholz of Stanford PACS and Andrew Means of Uptake, along with Stanford education professor Candace Thille, and Kristian Lum, lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group. The discussion focuses on the advantages and drawbacks of using data to analyze social trends in areas including higher education and criminal justice. View the slides from this presentation here. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/prediction_vs._bias_in_data_a_debate

Our Community executive director Kathy Richardson speaks with US data scientist Andrew Means about how not-for-profit groups can harness the opportunities of data. While Google and Facebook are harvesting vast quantities of information for profit, Andrew explains how not-for-profits can ensure they're not left behind. He is head of philanthropic and innovation group beyond.uptake, co-founder of The Impact Lab, and has led many data science and public policy initiatives at the University of Chicago. www.ourcommunity.com.au provides help for Australia's 600,000 not-for-profits and schools.

In the closing keynote of SSIR‘s February 2016 Data on Purpose conference, which was themed around “Telling Great Stories With Data,” Andrew Means looks at the importance of using storytelling to raise funds and motivate teams—but also the risks of telling the wrong stories. He argues that in a world increasingly reliant on data, we need to be able to accurately quantify organizations’ impact, and be careful about when and how we turn to dramatic, unrepresentative stories. Andrew Means is the cofounder of The Impact Lab, a data science shop that works with nonprofits, foundations, and government agencies solving social problems. He has previously held leadership positions at the University of Chicago’s Center for Data Science and Public Policy, Groupon, and the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. If desired, you can follow along with the slideshow for Means’ presentation here. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/podcast_whose_story_are_we_telling