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How Save the Children Is Using An Edgy Infographic As Part of A Multi-Channel Campaign for Children in Syria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Save the Children’s Ettoré Rossetti, Director of Digital Marketing & Social Media for Save the Children USA, emailed me an infographic on the impact of the Syria crisis on children. The crisis in Syria is now entering year three and the situation is getting worse for children not better. Seems a little edgy?

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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

From Facebook to Netflix, companies are tracking and analyzing our searches, our purchases, and just about every other online activity that will give them more insight into who we are and what we want. Many activities in the social sphere also generate lots of information. Big Data is all the rage in Silicon Valley.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

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They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. This method makes complex concepts easier for your stakeholders to understand and makes it easier to have more informed discussions on the next steps your organization should take. Implement procedures to asess metrics.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. They have teamed up with the American Islamic Congress and the FREE Syria Foundaiton to bring their “ Interrupters Program ” to over 130 Syrian volunteers working on the ground there. They place a specific focus on access to information, free speech and minority rights.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. One of our insights is that so much of social change is about pushing around information. We don’t pick a single area of focus. The second innovation was crowdsourcing.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

billion monthly active users around the world access the platform through mobile, while on any given day, almost half of its users are mobile only. Several governments have recognized the power of Twitter relations, actively seeking to connect with their peers around the world. Facebook reports that almost three quarters of its 1.2

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

ZDnet describes it as the product of sensors, technology and networking all coming together to allow buildings, infrastructure and other resources to swap information. Disconnect doesn’t log any keywords, personal information, or IP addresses after it routes your query to its own servers. All queries are encrypted.

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