Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

Then they used spatial statistical techniques to show that the pattern of aggregated text messages predicted where the damaged buildings were concentrated. But even the overall statistical correlation of text messages and building damage is not useful, because the text messages are really just reflecting the underlying building density.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Candid’s real-time data is skewed toward large donors from English-speaking nations who publicize their giving. Because of the challenges of aligning public promises with later grant dollars , Candid aggregates pledges and grants separately in our analyses. While we recognize that a global crisis fuels a global response, as a U.S.

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Data Ukraine Pledge Grant 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

And the current estimated national value of each volunteer hour is $29.95 (Independent Sector). Giveffect, for example, captures and aggregates check-in and check-outs at multiple levels: shift level, event level, and volunteer level. Volunteers are a lifeline for many nonprofits. More than 10.4

Volunteer 276

Volunteer Management Tips Application 276

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You have to ask, how is polling the audience and seeing the aggregate results helping people learn? Here how collecting data and displaying aggregate might enhance learning: (Add in the comments if you think I missed anything). Participants took the assessment and we saw the aggregate results. In other words, to what end?

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Poll Technique Group Tools 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets.

Technology 189

Technology Learning Audio New York 189

Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

Second, is Salesforce Insights – a data integrity platform that not only supports data deduplication but addresses standardization and automatic updates through the National Change of Address registry as well. Having Insights as part of your architecture is a great way to make sure that your data is kept clean. .

Giving 91

Giving Org Interaction System 91

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Farmazonzilla: A platform for farmers, cooperatives, and traders that aggregates, connects, and recommends farming services and products to simplify finding facilities, tools, training, and transports. Eric Munoz. Senior Program Manager, Oxfam America.

Hunger 52

Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The national spotlight on charitable giving and important causes. Aggregate data is tricky here—we don’t have enough data points to pull out medians without exposing individual organizations. And boy, were there some outliers this year. On to the goods! . Giving Tuesday: December Edition. The revenue, of course.

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Fundraising Gift Rate email 98

NTEN

AUGUST 14, 2014

Last week I got to attend the National Alliance for Media and Culture (NAMAC) and Alliance for Community Media (ACM) ''s first-ever joint National Conference: State and Main 2014 ( #StateMain14 ) in Philadelphia, PA. Feedly : a news aggregation app that pulls feeds from news sites and social media.

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Social Media Platform Strategy Media 74

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Funding of public services is a national conversation. Aggregate data into digestible graphs to communicate mission impact. The current national debate is driving large donations to some services. We don’t know where the funding is headed but I think we can all agree that changes are coming. Units of Service.

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Environment Aggregator Nonprofit Chart 36

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The National Association for College Admission Counseling reported in 2015 that 36% of first-time freshmen apply to seven or more colleges. That means your university is competing with many other higher education institutions across the nation that are all catering to your potential students. What is Content Strategy?

Education 44

Education Content Strategy Texas 44

Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States. Commerce Department report, A Nation Online , we know the reality is very different. The project just had it's national launch fairly recently. Connect2Compete as Aggregator of Local Digital Inclusion Projects. in Philadelphia.

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Digital Project San Diego Internet 65

Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

April 5, 2016 — Storymakers 2016 #NPTechChat with our partners, the United Nations Foundation and +Social Good. Citizen stories, aggregated and amplified by NGOs, deserve to be heard as testament to humanity's plurality and hope. May 3 – 4, 2016 — Around-the-world Twitter chat (sign up in this Google doc ).

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Storytelling Challenge Digital NTC 36

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

We share the aggregated results of the survey with foundations, government entities, media, associations, advocacy organizations and nonprofits themselves. This anonymous survey asks nonprofit leaders about the management and financial challenges they’re facing as they work tirelessly on mission.

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Research Share Story Arizona 53

Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2016

April 5, 2016 — Storymakers 2016 #NPTechChat with our partners, the United Nations Foundation and +Social Good. Citizen stories, aggregated and amplified by NGOs, deserve to be heard as testament to humanity's plurality and hope. April 7, 2016 — Free webinar 1: Preplanning Your Digital Story from Concept to Storyboard.

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Storytelling Challenge Digital Storyboard 36

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. This analysis is now helping to reframe how sexual violence is studied and understood by groups in Colombia and by the United Nations. and the European Union.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

and aggregates tweets from her specified twitter network. Thanks, Rebecca, for the aggregation and example! And last, but not least, congratulations to ForumOne Communications , Beaconfire Consulting , and the United Nations Foundation for winning awards for the Nonpfrofit category of Web Marketing Association's 2010 WebAwards !

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NTEN Australia Aggregator DC 44

NTEN

JULY 2, 2010

You can see the aggregated Tweets from the NYC 501 Tech Club here. I liked this little tidbit on Twitter : Shana Masterson , at the National Brain Tumor Society , is looking at. Read the article for Farra's takeaways and tips for nonprofits. Tal Frankfurt has a nice round-up on his blog about #nptech articles. than when she started. .

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NTEN Summary DC Nptech 66

BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices 2015 , many nonprofit boards across the country are earning B-minuses for their performance. Board member performance needs to be assessed at all levels, and then the aggregate data reported back to directors. How can you improve that performance?

Government 40

Government Children Attitude Aggregator 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

blogchat which is facilitated by @mackcollier and uses wthashtag to aggregate the conversation. For example, the #givelist tag aggregated all the suggestions from Twitter and then created this site. #4change is a regular chat about social media change. Another example, although not totally nonprofit focused is #blogchat.

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Twitter Foundation Effective San Diego 95

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

For example, using Social Actions (which aggregates actionable opportunities from across the web), you could pull all of the actions related to your organization’s specific environmental focus and push them out via Twitter or your website, and so on.

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Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Some of the most important work over the next few years will focus on breaking down the walls among donor organizations, practitioners, and researchers on the web and helping groups publish their content in a way that it can be easily found, aggregated, and repurposed by others.

Develop 52

Develop Nigeria Aggregator API 52

See3

OCTOBER 21, 2008

It’s called Twitter Voter Report and it brings together a team of techies, Twitter users and a Wiki to aggregate information on voting day. Alison Fine just gave us a head’s up about a cool project she developed with her colleague Nancy Scola to help ensure a fair and safe election for all U.S.

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Wiki Twitter Report Aggregator 40

NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Social Network Collaboration : Focus the Nation *, 1Sky , and Energy Action Coalition have decided to bridge their social networks onto one platform called The Climate Network using the community software tool Zanby. Disclosure: I am a member of the Board of Focus the Nation.

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Action Change Technology Sample 36

Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

Develop a focused pilot that maps projects and activities at a sub-national level, for one country, using open standards. Conduct a high profile Apps for Development Challenge to mobilize the tech community to develop value-added tools and services to connect, aggregate, and visualize aid data.

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Open Develop Ideas Government 56

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

For example, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) created a space for a Training Officers Community of Practice. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks? That can make it difficult to navigate.

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Knowledge Share Network Community 86

Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

Every additional measure you track uses up precious staff time for collection, aggregation, and analysis. One national nonprofit I know had been working on putting together a measurement system for three years. Measuring Too Much. By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much.

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Measure Government Track Australia 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

That step, and the next and the next can aggregate in ways that move mountains. A is for action. Change necessitates action today, not tomorrow. The long windy road to social change always requires a first step. L is for linkages. Today, everything is connected. This points to real opportunities.

Develop 96

Develop Technology Social Articulate 96

NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

Flickr: cogdogblog Judy Hallman always rocks the power of wikis for knowledge aggregation and collaboration. Charity Dynamics announced record growth this year -- good news considering the national economic trends during the same period. They're going to be at the NTC , so can meet them at the Science Fair !

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Wiki Contest NTEN Raleigh 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2012

Support national partner Facebook chats, blog carnivals, and other networked advocacy activities. Increase reach on social media channels. Cultivate “super fans”. Increase engagement on social channels. Amplify peers’ efforts. Communications have more impact. Social media content mirrors other channels.

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Network Build Learning Strategy 97

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

PE Obama's promise to hire the nation's first CTO. Google.org has developed a way to track flu outbreaks based on aggregated search data. Just remember that actions in SL can affect your life in the really real world. But does it seem like World of Warcraft would be a better place to find a partner? YouTube as a political tool.

Congo 36

Congo Second Life Aggregator Map 36

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Marshall to discuss the report and the insights RWW discovered through the process of aggregating and distilling so much information from experts and Web users. Review the Table of Contents and read the report introduction now, or learn more in the following interview.

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Interview Report Web Time 120

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Users don't just see aggregate statistics on a map, they get personalized recommendations with map features customized to the amenities they have chosen. Those of us in developed nations are fortunate in some ways that great amounts of data are available -- data about our people, places, and activities.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

CEO is now moving toward a confidential system of surveys where participants won’t be individually identified, but staff will access aggregated data and respond to themes. Closing the Feedback Loop.

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Lesson Philanthropy Learning Survey 50

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Serving over 70,000 nonprofits with a pool of 10 million volunteers annually, VolunteerMatch boasts one of the nation's largest online network for. The Hands On Network is an aggregation of companies and resources similar. Criteria for eligibility that is worth. VolunteerMatch. connecting nonprofits to eager altruists.

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Volunteer Tools Online Database 65

Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

and develop an end-to-end system that manages those key points all the way from collection through regional, national, and international aggregation to analysis. , "what were they admitted for?", "who's paying for their treatment?")

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Global Data Seattle Finland 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Users don't just see aggregate statistics on a map, they get personalized recommendations with map features customized to the amenities they have chosen. Those of us in developed nations are fortunate in some ways that great amounts of data are available -- data about our people, places, and activities.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59