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3 Reasons Why I Love BIG Data
I started a Master’s program in information science last year that has been both challenging and deeply rewarding. First of all, I’m a major nerd, so the opportunity to learn coding languages and more about other “computer stuff” has just lit up my brain. The key...

Ready to Get SMART?
I sat on the other end of what seemed like the millionth conference call of the day. But with a pot of coffee surging through my veins, I was hyped up and ready to flesh out a communications and marketing plan with a new client. After the usual pleasantries, I asked...

Radical Restart: Re-thinking the Big Big Brand
In September 2018, I walked out of my office at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation with a box full of photos and reports, precariously clutching a glass planter under my arm. As the elevator doors closed in front of me, I started to cry. Full of excitement about my...

2020 Census Plans Shift with New Sep. 30 Deadline
The U.S. Census Bureau formally announced moving the deadline to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census from October 31 to September 30, 2020. Brad Cameron joined Arkansas United and the director for Northwest Arkansas Planning on the NWA Democrat-Gazette podcast for a...

Postsecondary Policy Forum: Gathering Leaders to Take Action
The data clearly show male students of color graduate from Arkansas colleges and universities at lower rates than other students. The story is clear: This is a systemic problem, and we can take action to ensure all students succeed. Brad Cameron teamed up with...

Q&A with Shawn Dove, Campaign for Black Male Achievement Founder
As Campaign for Black Male Achievement (CBMA) partners recognized the Campaign’s decade of difference, Big Big Box Founder Brad Cameron interviewed CBMA founder Shawn Dove for the PEAK Insight Journal issue on Social Justice Philanthropy. Dove shared what CMBA has...

Q&A with Edgar Villanueva, “Decolonizing Wealth” Author
Edgar Villanueva shared why he was determined to write his book Decolonizing Wealth. For the PEAK Insight Journal Social Justice Philanthropy issue, Big Big Box Founder Brad Cameron asked Villanueva how indigenous wisdom could provide a path funders can use to...

Start with a Shared Vision
Grantee-funder partnerships start with a shared vision. Period.Brad Cameron contributed to a multi-part series produced by the Stanford Social Innovation Review in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. His contribution shares just one example of...