The 2019 Challenge Coin is a pretty special little piece of artwork. The graphic on the back of it is … More
Author: Jennifer Deafenbaugh
Jennifer Deafenbaugh is one of the Nation of Makers Data Team Leaders.
Her forte and focus is creating engaging, interesting visuals that tell stories with data. Most recently, she completed her Masters of Professional Study in Information Visualization at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Presently she works as a Senior Multimedia Instructional Designer at Schneider Electric and as a Teaching Assistant at Vanderbilt University/2U for their Full Stack Programming Bootcamp.
Coin design workshop
The 2019 Challenge Coin design is FINALLY complete. We’d like to give you the opportunity to craft visuals for a … More
Take the Survey
How did we fare as makerspaces in 2021? Have we found ways to recover from the challenges of a global … More
2019 Survey Results
Here are the results from the 2019 Survey of Makerspaces.
Survey Video
Here’s a handy-dandy little video that will help explain a little more of the project. Added bonus: there are shiny things.
Coins, Reports AND the Leaderboard!
A lot of folks have asked about the coins from 2018 – and the data team are working on better … More
Gender, Age & Ethnicity…
We received a few questions on why we wanted to collect age, gender, and especially ethnicity data on the 2018 … More
2019 Survey of Makerspaces
THE SURVEY IS LIVE! Take it and help contribute to the work we are doing.https://makethedata.org/take-the-survey/ What is the Nation of … More
Let’s Talk Tools
One of the first questions that folks have, when coming together to create a makerspace is, “What kind of tools … More
Are We Strong Leaders?
This post is a deep dive into the Nation of Makers 2018 Leadership Survey Questionnaire. Download the PDF here. Emotional … More