Recent Articles
Posted By: Maria K. Wasley-Valdez
Thu Jun 3rd, 2021
Over the years, Maria Wasley-Valdez has learned valuable lessons about what makes an informative and impactful dashboard for fundraisers and leadership. Read on for tips to making a dashboard a that helps inform strategy, improve performance and evaluate effectiveness.
Posted By: Jessica Balsam
Fri Feb 12th, 2021
2020 was a year like no other. But through it all, Apra members still found time to reach out, develop and produce thoughtful pieces for Connections. Learn more about this year’s top articles — and related bonus reading — in this message from Apra EAC Chair Jessica Balsam.
Posted By: Brijesh Jani
Thu Dec 10th, 2020
Machine learning concepts aren’t just for companies like Netflix and Amazon. Learn about the recent success the Alumni Relations and Development team at the University of Chicago had in utilizing advanced data models.
Posted By: Michael Pawlus
Tue Nov 17th, 2020
Apra recently held its very first data science challenge where participants were given a shared dataset and tasked with designing a dashboard. Hear from the winners about the challenge, working in teams and takeaways from participating.
Posted By: Farouk Aregbe
Thu Oct 8th, 2020
Knowing how to utilize Structured Query Language (SQL) can make all the difference in quickly sorting through information in a database. In this article, learn about the benefits of SQL and get a hands-on query tutorial that utilizes SQL to answer 10 data questions.
