Last time, we took a look at where MCN members were around the globe.  But who are these people?  Well, I can’t tell you everything, but here’s what I do know:

First, I went through the list and indicated everyone’s gender as best I could.  Fortunately many people had added a Mr. or Ms., etc. to their membership record, but there was also a small number of people who’s names didn’t provide any clues.  Rather than making a wrong guess, I just left them as the “unknown” slice of the pie.

Looking around at an MCN conference, these aren’t very surprising numbers.  What I find interesting is that I’ve heard lots over the years about the lack of women in information technology positions, and particularly women completing computer science programs.  (see the resources at National Center for Women & Information Technology).  I’d be curious to know how we stand in relation to the rest of the non-profit sector (as opposed to the Fortune 500 companies NCWIT focuses on – Beth Kanter are you listening?).

What kinds of institutions do these people work in?   Here’s the top of the list produced using Wordle.  To get this I had to limit the list to the top 5 words from institution names, otherwise the names of some institutions with many MCN members start showing up.  I might try to remove names (to protect the innocent) and re-run this to show the broader range of cultural institutions represented by MCN members.

And what do MCN members do?  Also using Wordle, this view shows the words from the titles that MCN members hold.

This is a pretty slim slice of what we might know about MCN Members.   Additional information was collected as part of the MCN Membership survey that is now about two years old and is available in the Members Only section of the MCN website – maybe I’ll reblog some of that here.

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