Taylor Downs's guest appearances

Taylor Downs

Social Entrepreneur

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Taylor has spent almost a decade designing data systems for leading international development organizations. He co-founded Vera Solutions—an organization that works with social impact organizations to create affordable, powerful and flexible technology solutions that put real-time information in the hands of the people who need it. Vera has now served more than 175 organisations around the world.Taylor also set up OpenFn.org, a platform that helps organizations connect their technologies to create complete information systems, from program monitoring and evaluation to community health worker tools in the field. OpenFn automates the flow of data between existing tools to save time, save money, and prevent human error in data processing. In the end, he hopes that decision makers, from the board to the front-lines, will get better data, faster.

Taylor has spent almost a decade designing data systems for leading international development organizations. He co-founded Vera Solutions—an organization that works with social impact organizations to create affordable, powerful and flexible technology solutions that put real-time information in the hands of the people who need it. Vera has now served more than 175 organisations around the world.Taylor also set up <a href="http://openfn.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OpenFn.org</a>, a platform that helps organizations connect their technologies to create complete information systems, from program monitoring and evaluation to community health worker tools in the field. OpenFn automates the flow of data between existing tools to save time, save money, and prevent human error in data processing. In the end, he hopes that decision makers, from the board to the front-lines, will get better data, faster.

Episode 62: Interview Taylor Downs, Co founder Vera Solutions and OpenFn

In today’s episode of Social Entrepreneur, we continue our #TechForGood series. Today we meet Taylor Downs of OpenFn (pronounced open function). OpenFn is the easy way for NGOs to connect all of their technologies in a few clicks. Here’s why that is important. We know the promise of technology. When we automate routine data jobs:  We increase the speed of our impact, brining data to near real time. We increase data accuracy, reducing data entry errors. We reduce costs of people-intensive routine jobs. And we can more easily utilize our technology, reducing the need for technical specialists on the job.  We can quickly scale and amplify our impact, especially when our technologies integrate with one another. Technologies work better when they work together. But of course, systems do not always want to work and play well together. That’s where OpenFn comes in. They support mission-driven organizations to integrate and automate their routine jobs. Resources from our Conversation about Automating #TechForGood:   OpenFn: https://www.openfn.org/ Vera Solutions: http://www.verasolutions.org/ Taylor’s PopTech presentation: https://youtu.be/GVB9voGp6T4 Culture Shift Learning Academy waiting list: http://tonyloyd.com/assessment  Culture Shift Learning Academy  Soon we will be launching a Beta version of Culture Shift Learning Academy, a comprehensive system to help you flesh out your social impact idea and start achieving it. Enrollment isn’t open yet, but you can join the waiting list with other changemakers. Just go to http://tonyloyd.com/assessment and enter your email address. As a thank you, I’ll send you the Social Entrepreneur Startup Readiness Assessment. This useful tool is designed to help you to determine where you are on your startup journey and to successfully focus your development efforts.

In today’s episode of Social Entrepreneur, we continue our #TechForGood series. Today we meet Taylor Downs of OpenFn (pronounced open function). OpenFn is the easy way for NGOs to connect all of their technologies in a few clicks. Here’s why that is important. We know the promise of technology. When we automate routine data jobs: <ul> <li>We increase the speed of our impact, brining data to near real time.</li> <li>We increase data accuracy, reducing data entry errors.</li> <li>We reduce costs of people-intensive routine jobs.</li> <li>And we can more easily utilize our technology, reducing the need for technical specialists on the job.</li> </ul> We can quickly scale and amplify our impact, especially when our technologies integrate with one another. Technologies work better when they work together. But of course, systems do not always want to work and play well together. That’s where OpenFn comes in. They support mission-driven organizations to integrate and automate their routine jobs. Resources from our Conversation about Automating #TechForGood: <ul> <li>OpenFn: <a href="https://www.openfn.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.openfn.org/</a></li> <li>Vera Solutions: <a href="http://www.verasolutions.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.verasolutions.org/</a></li> <li>Taylor’s PopTech presentation: <a href="https://youtu.be/GVB9voGp6T4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GVB9voGp6T4</a></li> <li>Culture Shift Learning Academy waiting list: <a href="http://tonyloyd.com/assessment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tonyloyd.com/assessment</a></li> </ul> Culture Shift Learning Academy Soon we will be launching a Beta version of <a href="http://tonyloyd.com/assessment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Culture Shift Learning Academy</a>, a comprehensive system to help you flesh out your social impact idea and start achieving it. Enrollment isn’t open yet, but you can join the waiting list with other changemakers. Just go to <a href="http://tonyloyd.com/assessment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tonyloyd.com/assessment</a> and enter your email address. As a thank you, I’ll send you the Social Entrepreneur Startup Readiness Assessment. This useful tool is designed to help you to determine where you are on your startup journey and to successfully focus your development efforts.

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