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ICYMI: Civis Analytics Updates You Need to Know!

Greetings from the heart of data innovation at Civis Analytics! As we rocket into the second half of the year, we are thrilled to share with you the latest updates…

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Elevating Data Transformation: Deploy dbt Effortlessly in Civis Analytics’s Platform

We heard you and we're thrilled to announce an enhancement to the Civis Analytics Platform experience: the introduction of a dedicated dbt (data build tool) job type. Data practitioners who…

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Introducing New Reporting Capabilities in Civis Platform

We are excited to announce the launch of SQL-based reporting in Civis Platform! This feature enables you to quickly create reports based on your data in Civis Platform without needing…

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Introducing Civis AI, Empowering Your AI Journey

In today's ever-evolving data landscape, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) is essential for organizations seeking to extract meaningful insights and make informed decisions. Recognizing this need, we are…

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Taking Control of Your Organization’s Person Level Data with Civis AI-powered Identity Resolution (IDR)

Today's modern fundraising, outreach, and advocacy programs require reaching your target audience across many different platforms. You have to meet them where they are, and they are all over the…

Business, Civis Data Science, Company News, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector

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A Guide to How Civis Identity Resolution Works

Today's modern fundraising, outreach, and advocacy programs require reaching your target audience across many different platforms. You have to meet them where they are, and they are all over the…

Business, Civis Data Science, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector, Research

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Faster Insights with our AI-Powered Data Crosswalk Tool

Our new Data Crosswalk Tool is designed to help streamline this process.

Business, Civis Data Science, Company News, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector

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How to Navigate the AI Hype: Lessons From a Decade of Data Analytics Adventures

Over the last decade, numerous in-house data analytics programs have hastily embraced the latest data trends, spanning from 'big data' to 'machine learning,' resulting in excessive spending and disappointing outcomes.…

Business, Civis Data Science, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector, Research

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Share Your Findings and Data With Anyone

Using data and visualizations to share the impact you are making has proven to be persuasive. In the past, there have been ways to do this outside of Civis Platform,…

Business, Civis Data Science, Civis Engineering, Company News, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector, Research

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GitHub Copilot: AI’s March Towards Fair Learning

The topic of GitHub Copilot and OpenAI Codex have been discussed in detail — the legal and ethical issues, as well as security risks. As Civis weighs the technical and…

Business, Civis Data Science, Civis Engineering, Cybersecurity, Life at Civis, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector

What We Heard At Bridge: 5 Common Challenges Nonprofits Are Facing — And How To Solve For Them

After an information-packed three days, the 2023 Bridge conference has come to a close. One of our biggest takeaways from the conference was that nonprofits across the country, in virtually…

Civis Data Science, Nonprofit

Introducing Flexible Cloud Storage

We are excited to announce our latest offering — Flexible Cloud Storage — which lets you leverage the full power of Civis Platform, our cutting-edge data science platform, on top of…

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Why Demographic Models Are Essential to Understanding and Reaching Key Audiences

Election results come down to two factors — which individuals will vote, and whom they will vote for — resulting in two parallel objectives for political advocacy groups and campaigns. …

Business, Civis Data Science, Nonprofit, Political, Public Sector, Research

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Open-source Software Release: Introducing async-graph-data-flow, a Python Library for Efficient Data Pipelines

Imagine a champagne tower. You pour champagne into the top glass until it fills up, then the champagne trickles down and fills the glasses below. The process doesn’t stop until…

Civis Engineering, Company News

Nonprofit and Civic Tech Leaders Convene in DC for Data-focused Community Summit

On Thursday, March 9, 2023 Civis Analytics headed to Washington D.C. to partner with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) to host our first in-person event in more than three years!…

Civis Data Science, Civis Engineering, Company News, Nonprofit, Public Sector

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Public Data Isn’t Enough to Bridge the Digital Divide

The digital divide — the schism separating citizens with efficient access to modern information and communications technologies from those without — continues to disrupt the lives of millions of Americans…

Civis Data Science, Digital Divide, Public Sector, Research

How Our Civis Platform Data Workbench Evolved in 2022 — and What’s Ahead for 2023

Civis Analytics never stops working to improve Civis Platform, our flagship all-in-one data warehouse and analytics engine. With 2022 winding down and 2023 on the horizon, what better time to…

Civis Data Science, Civis Engineering, Company News

Extending Civis Workflows Using Parameters

Civis Platform workflows are extremely powerful ways to chain and execute jobs on a preset schedule, connecting related jobs and automating them as a single unit. This suite of jobs…

Civis Engineering, Life at Civis

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