Shows
AI in NYC ShowAI in NYC Episode 8: Why Nonprofits Need AI — With Jenni Warren & Jake Porway of Decoded FuturesWhy Nonprofits Need AI Now — With Jenni Warren & Jake Porway of Decoded Futures In Episode 8 of AI in NYC, hosts Rob May (CEO & Co-founder, Neurometric) and Ryan Eppley (CEO & Co-founder, Root Access) sit down with Jenni Warren and Jake Porway from Decoded Futures — a Tech:NYC Foundation initiative powered by Robin Hood and Google.Jenni, a Program Director with 15+ years of experience across Magpie Literacy, Success Academy, and DSST Public Schools, and Jake, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Co-founder of DataKind, join the table for a wide-ranging, philosophical, and fun conversation.Decoded Futu...
2025-11-201h 05
Tech MattersUniting Data Science and Social Good, with DataKind co-founder Jake Porway"What could the nonprofit sector do if every nonprofit had Google's engineering team?" (J. P.) In this thought-provoking episode, we sat down with Jake Porway, the visionary co-founder of DataKind, to explore the transformative potential of harnessing data science for the nonprofit sector. Jake takes us through the journey of the organization from its early days of hackathons to its evolution into a beacon for long-term, impact-oriented projects. Today, DataKind is made of many chapters worldwide, as data scientists and social workers meet to face challenges in their home countries. But we...
2024-03-2237 min
Tech MattersComing Soon: Tech Matters Season 2, on the Power of Data!As we learned from Nithya Ramanathan in Season 1, data = money = power. To understand what this means for our future, and what we can actually do about it, we're coming back strong with a whole new lineup of interviews in Season 2. You'll hear from Jake Porway, co-founder of Datakind, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm of Witness, Owen Barder of Precision Development, and many more about the importance of human-centered design, field-based learning, and the needs, challenges, and power of data for good. Tune into the biweekly Tech Matters podcast by following and subscribing on your favorite platform!
2024-01-2101 min
The Business of GivingDataKind Founder on Their Evolution from Project Work to Impact PracticesThe following is a conversation between Jake Porway, Founder and Executive Director of DataKind, and Denver Frederick, the host of the Business of Giving.
In this interview, Jake Porway, Founder and Executive Director of DataKind, shares the following:
• The Role of Data Science during Covid-19
• Challenge of data digitization
• How data science is weaponized
• To get anti-racist algorithms, you need anti-racist systems and leadership
2020-07-0329 min
HumAIn PodcastHow AI Can Create Positive Social Outcomes in the United States with Jake Porway of Datakind[Audio] Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSSJake Porway is a machine learning and technology enthusiast. He is the founder and executive director of DataKind, an organization that brings together leading data scientists with high impact social organizations to better collect, analyze, and visualize data in the service of humanity. Jake was most recently the data scientist in the New York Times R&D lab and remains an active member of the data science community, bringing his technical experience from his past work with groups like N...
2020-02-0544 min
SolvableMisuse of Data is SolvableJacob Weisberg talks to Jake Porway about using big data for good. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2019-07-1734 min
Dollars and Change PodcastHarnessing the Power of Big Data for Social Good with Jake PorwayJake Porway, Founder of DataKind, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss how he's bringing high-impact organizations together with leading data scientists to use data science in the service of humanity on Dollars and Change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-08-2231 min
Inside Social InnovationUnlocking Data and Unleashing Its PotentialData has the potential to help fuel social change across the world, yet many relevant datasets remain locked away and siloed across government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations. What kind of collaboration does it take to make this data available to different actors working to create change? In a series of TED-style talks, Melinda Rolfs of the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, John Wilbanks of Sage Bionetworks, Greg Bloom of Civic Hall Labs and Open Referral, and ST Mayer of Code for America talk about how to develop not only the right tools, but also the right relationships...
2017-06-051h 36
2017-05-1730 min
Inside Social InnovationPractice Safe Stats! A PSAIn the opening keynote at SSIR‘s February 2016 Data on Purpose conference, Jake Porway shares best practices for data storytellers and shows why knowing what the data is or is not saying is critical to creating ethical and accurate visualizations. Among other things, he explains the pitfalls of pie charts, why you should be wary of word clouds, and why good data storytelling ultimately means good statistics. He also argues that the real power of data storytelling lies not just in reporting on past activity, but in making decisions that drive decision-making in the future. Porway is th...
2016-05-1036 min
Open Society Foundations PodcastHow Can We Use Data for Social Good?Jake Porway, executive director of DataKind, explains how NGOs use data, how they can use it better, and what data science can do for civil society. Speakers: Elizabeth Eagen, Jake Porway. (Recorded: May 07, 2014)
2014-09-0256 min
Data StoriesCan visualization save the world? With Kim Rees and Jake Porway
Hi all,
We have two fantastic guests to talk about using visualization for the good. We actually decided to make it even bigger and provokingly titled it: can visualization save the world?
We have on stage: Kim Rees co-founder of Periscopic, a data visualization company guided by the motto: “do good with data,” and Jake Porway, founder of Data Kind, an organization that brings together data scientists and social organizations.
We discuss the challenges of working in this world of big data opportunities and the risks and potentially negative implications of using...
2013-04-141h 26
Bringing Art and Technology Together - Inspire. Create. Evolve.BATT Podcast 1: Hilary Mason batt_001_hilary.mp3 batt_001_hilary.oggHilary Mason lives in New York City where she is the Chief Scientist at bitly. She is trying to bring into popularity the field of Data Science. We also discuss her involvement with HackNY, NYCResistor, and her app to find the Median Hamburger in the West Village.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Read about Hilary's Burger App
Watch a Video of Hilary's talk at Urban ReThink
Read updates from Hilary's team on the Bitly Blog
4th of July Recipes on Bitly
Inspiration:
Jer Thorp, Data Artist in Residence at...
2012-07-2600 min
PopTech Audio: PopCastsJake Porway: Data Without BordersWhat happens when ambitious and talented data scientists are connected with social organizations rife with data but lacking resources to do anything with it? Jake Porway’s DataKind (formerly Data Without Borders) helps bring these two groups together, using data in the service of humanity to design transformative visualizations and decision-making tools.
2011-10-2705 min