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Crowdsourced data is not a substitute for real statistics

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises.

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5 New Google Analytics Statistics For Nonprofits

TechImpact

Applying a customer audience segment to your overall traffic, or to specific webpages grants even more donor insight than you’d get when looking at total aggregated results. This informs you on who is advocating for your nonprofit on other websites, and can give you good fodder for your social media outlets to think them for their support.

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How do you choose a payment processor for your nonprofit?

Candid

According to Double the Donation’s roundup of fundraising statistics , online giving has grown by 12.1% There are two kinds of payment processors to choose from: aggregators and dedicated payment processors. Aggregators, which use one merchant account for many organizations, are cheaper to use but are less secure.

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What’s up with consumer data privacy?

3rd Sector Labs

Data is aggregated, analyzed and put to all sorts of good uses. Data warehouses that store consumer data include donations, nonprofit board service, participation in fundraising walks, and any number of additional statistics related to the third sector. This post is our latest effort to keep you informed about this important topic.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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The Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog: An Underused Fundraising Resource

Tech Soup

His " Hot Tops " section of the AFP website aggregates information based on those conversations. It goes beyond the obvious like the recent item he posted: 10 Surprising social media statistics that might make you rethink your social strategy from the The Buffer Blog.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. Jim Craner , MapTogether. In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya.

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