I like to keep things simple, so here’s the gist: I wrote another book. It’s free. Download it here. The title says it all: “Cool Data: A how-to guide for predictive modeling for higher ...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/download-my-free-handbook-on-predictive-modeling/
A few years ago, Peter Wylie wrote a piece for CoolData on the well-known phenomenon of a very small group of alumni donors being responsible for a hugely disproportionate share of an institut...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/the-lopsided-nature-of-alumni-giving-part-two/
Building a business intelligence and analytics program can take years, and the move toward data-informed decision making is a cultural evolution that might never be complete. In my previous bl...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2017/10/03/our-data-informed-decision-making-journey/
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how an organization gets good at making decisions informed by data. Or, in other words, how to build business intelligence and analytics teams. This pre...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/analytics-as-an-organizing-principle/
Peter Wylie and I are pleased to tell you that all our current and future royalties from sales of the book “Score!: Data-Driven Success for Your Advancement Team” will be donated to the A...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/proceeds-from-sales-of-score-to-be-donated-to-aclu/
Guest post by Peter B. Wylie, with John Sammis Download a printable PDF version of this paper: Are We Missing Too Many Alumni P2. It seems everyone we know, no matter how young or old, has ...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/are-we-missing-too-many-alumni-with-web-surveys-part-2/
I had an occasion recently when it would have been really helpful to know that a new address added to the database was a duplicate of an older, inactivated address. The addition wasn’t ident...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/amazing-things-with-matching-strings/
Disbelief, anger, helplessness, anxiety. Does that describe your week just past? It certainly describes mine. Given the nature of this blog, you might expect me to be dismayed at how poorly...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/where-we-go-from-here/
The idea came up in a conversation recently: Certain decades, it seems, produced graduates that have reduced levels of alumni engagement and lower participation rates in the Annual Fund. Can w...
As September arrives, Annual Fund programs everywhere are gearing up for mailing and calling. Managers of phone programs are seeking advice on how best to proceed, and inevitably that includes...
https://cooldata.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/phonathon-call-attempt-limits-a-reading-roundup/