Google vs. Respondent Privacy

Post author:Chris
Post published:July 17, 2020
Post category:Blog / Opinion and discussion

Help us encourage Google to support robust privacy protections and release our new update.

Conducting remote and decentralized data collection with SurveyCTO

Post author:Chris
Post published:June 2, 2020
Post category:All posts / Best practices / Blog

Discover how to safely collect data with remote approaches to recruiting, training, and supervision.

Expanding functionality to respond to evolving needs (product roadmap update April 2020)

Post author:Chris
Post published:April 20, 2020
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Discover how we're responding to your needs and expanding what's possible this year.

Dobility’s response to COVID-19

Post author:Chris
Post published:March 30, 2020
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COVID-19 is dramatically changing our lives and work. Read to learn about how we're responding and how you can update us on your needs.

Plug-ins, machine learning, and much more in 2020! An update from Dobility, Inc. CEO & founder, Dr. Chris Robert

Post author:Chris
Post published:January 15, 2020
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Dr. Chris Robert shares how we're expanding what's possible with SurveyCTO in 2020.

2019 Nobel Prize in Economics

Post author:Chris
Post published:October 14, 2019
Post category:All posts / Blog / Featured users / Opinion and discussion

Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer! Here at Dobility, we have been enthusiastic students, colleagues, followers, and supporters for many years, and we couldn’t be happier for them.

Capital One, AWS, and data security: The world will come around to our approach

Post author:Chris
Post published:July 31, 2019
Post category:Blog / Opinion and discussion

Breaches happen. Take advantage of our comprehensive security features and encrypt your sensitive data.

Dobility India is becoming Trestle Research and Consulting

Post author:Chris
Post published:July 2, 2019
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Learn about Trestle Research and Consulting, and how Dobility is changing how it grows its business and engagement in India.

Planting the seeds for a post-ICT4D world.

Hope for a post-ICT4D world

Post author:Chris
Post published:March 18, 2019
Post category:Blog / Opinion and discussion

We should hope for a post-ICT4D world that promotes an ecosystem of technology providers instead of hindering them.

SurveyCTO product roadmap update (January 2019)

Post author:Chris
Post published:January 14, 2019
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Dobility, Inc.'s CEO and Founder, Dr. Christopher Robert, shares an update on the SurveyCTO product roadmap as of January 2019.

Machine learning for quality control

Post author:Chris
Post published:July 9, 2018
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Machine learning is not like blockchain: there’s something useful there, beyond the hype. That’s why we've been quietly working on our machine-learning roadmap for quite some time already...

SurveyCTO and the GDPR

Post author:Chris
Post published:March 16, 2018
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Here at Dobility, we’ve always taken an approach to data security grounded in the moral obligation to protect privacy and honor confidentiality pledges. For us, that moral obligation was always binding. But with the arrival of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), this obligation becomes legal as well – at least where the private or sensitive data of EU citizens is concerned...

Digital data collection and the maturing of a MERL technology

Post author:Chris
Post published:March 15, 2018
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In this post, I consider the recent history of digital data collection technology as an example of MERL technology maturation – and as an example, more broadly, of the importance of market structure in shaping the evolution of a technology.

Mobile case management for multi-dimensional accountability

Post author:Chris
Post published:September 13, 2017
Post category:All posts / Case studies / Featured users / Timeline

Oxfam is collaborating with local and global partners to capture, analyze, and respond to community feedback using SurveyCTO's case management functionality in an innovative way. The goal is to inform Oxfam’s Middle East humanitarian response and give those affected by crisis a voice for improved support and services. In this post, Chris summarizes a conference session with Oxfam GB's Emily Tomkys Valteri, including background on SurveyCTO's support for mobile case management.

Raising funds responsibly is part of a social enterprise’s commitment

Post author:Chris
Post published:September 4, 2017
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As the social enterprise sector grows, one of the more exciting vectors for innovation is financial. Coalitions such as the Impact Terms Project and organizations like Echoing Green are sharing resources and promoting new structures for funding double-bottom-line entities. Click here to read our post in collaboration with the Impact Terms Project.

Thoughts from MERL Tech UK

Post author:Chris
Post published:February 23, 2017
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MERL Tech UK was a small, intimate gathering by conference standards (just under 100 attendees), but jam-packed full of passion, accumulated wisdom, and practical knowledge. It's clear that technology is playing an increasingly useful role in helping us with monitoring, evaluation, accountability, research, and learning -- but it's also clear that there's plenty of room for improvement. As a technology provider, I walked away with both more inspiration and more clarity for the road ahead. Some highlights...

Recap and photos: Small data, big impact

Post author:Chris
Post published:June 30, 2016
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Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate the launch of Dobility India at "Small Data, Big Impact," the panel discussion we hosted last week in Ahmedabad, India. It was wonderful to see…

Data quality and measurement: A call to action

Post author:Chris
Post published:May 23, 2016
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The true front line for data quality – the place where the battle for data accuracy is often won or lost – is the point of original data collection. This is the reason why we have been focusing our SurveyCTO efforts on how to help our users collect higher-quality data, and the reason why we’re painfully aware of the so many ways that we and our users could do better.

Announcing our free Community edition

Post author:Chris
Post published:May 17, 2016
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Today I'm thrilled to announce Dobility's launch of a free "Community" edition of SurveyCTO. This free edition is designed to enable smaller non-profits, researchers, students, and other small-scale users to collect better data in the field. In tandem with our new online form designer, it will enable new users to easily get started with digital data collection, regardless of their budget or technical skill set. We hope that it will deepen our social impact and expand global support for best practices in data collection.

Announcing Dobility India

Post author:Chris
Post published:May 2, 2016
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I'm excited to announce Dobility India Pvt. Ltd., the new home of SurveyCTO in South Asia. Based in Ahmedabad and led by Maulik Chauhan, Dobility India will champion and support the use of SurveyCTO throughout South Asia, focusing in particular on opportunities to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of data-collection in India's public, nonprofit, academic, and other research sectors.

Online simulation with SurveyCTO

Post author:Chris
Post published:February 24, 2016
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For a Masters in Public Policy course at Harvard Kennedy School, we wanted to shift a pandemic simulation from in-class to before-class. Read more to learn how we did it with SurveyCTO...