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Data Digest: African Students Using Open Data, Social Impact Bonds, Digital Smoke Signals, and the Data Dilemma

Tech Soup

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. Other articles speak to the use of ‘Digital Smoke Signals’ generated from big data for improved development projects and policies, as well as the need to look at not just big data but small data too.

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5 Games Supporting Nonprofits’s Missions, from Low-Tech to High-Tech

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Games’ strength is not showing “this is the problem, and here is the answer,” but to broaden players’ perspectives, build engagement, and ask “what are some ways we could address this?” The Senate Immersion Module will launch in Boston in March, at the opening of the EMK Institute.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

AFP / Boston, MA / Price varies. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship is the premier international platform for advancing entrepreneurial approaches and solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. EverTrue / Boston, MA / $300. AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit. AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit.

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