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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

Many people all over the world face different challenges and problems. These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history.

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Your Top-Secret Fundraising Tool? Empathy.

Bloomerang

Just because people have money, or whatever privilege you ascribe to them, does not mean they don’t have problems. The human tool to unlock philanthropy: empathy. Useful tool: The emotional pathway of empathy Empathy, compared with love, is a more tactical way of connecting with others. Donors included. You give, you get.

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Preparing for a Hybrid Event

AccelEvents

While lockdowns and stay at home orders are in place, virtual events are the best alternative to postponing or canceling an event altogether. Using a tool like Accelevents , you can seamlessly manage all ticketing and registration while facilitating participation and networking across physical and virtual sessions. .

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The Cost of Free Technology for Nonprofits: Thoughts On Ning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What's the cost of being one click away from disaster?". Amy Sample Ward offers some good strategic advice to nonprofits : Evaluate your use of social media tools: do you encourage your supporters on other platforms to register on your website, ensuring you have their contact details?

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9 Tips to Raise Cash Online: Lessons from research into the sustainability of internet-based resource development

ASU Lodestar Center

The internet has become a vital tool in our nonprofit fundraising arsenal, and as such we must move forward with gusto in this area. Provide information about alternate methods of donating. Take to social media only to fundraise for immediate solutions to problems. Consider using a suggested or minimum donation.

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How Independent Fundraising Momentum is Reshaping Traditional P2P

Connection Cafe

Dozens of crowdfunding platforms make it increasingly easier for people to raise money for any cause, from cancer research to disaster relief, often quite independent of direction from any charity. First, technology propels this move. They’re both about the mission. So What’s a Traditional Peer-to-Peer Program to Do?