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How Did You Decide to Help Haiti for the Rest of 2010?

Have Fun - Do Good

Last week in my post, Keeping Your Balance While Helping Haiti , I suggested that you research organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support by donating, volunteering, or helping in some other way throughout 2010. Have you chosen a way to support an organization working in Haiti throughout 2010?

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The Good News Story in Haiti

Forum One

The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. Wikis, social networks, and Twitter feeds are letting stakeholders and actors talk virtually to coordinate their response. I'm going to rely on social media itself to aid me in my research, and I welcome any suggestions here.

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Great reads from around the web on January 29th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! Among marketers, this term is more prevalent than Frisbees at a dog beach.

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A recent guest guest Beneblog explains why we believe a correlation found between SMS text messages and building damage by researchers was not useful. The correlation found in Haiti is an example of a "confounding factor". Thus the correlation between the SMS feed and the building damage is an artifact or spurious correlation.

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What's Different One Year After Haiti? | Nonprofit Trends with.

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All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0

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Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report | Nonprofit.

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All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. sectional studies.

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How to write a strong nonprofit mission statement

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Further research revealed that the organization does economic development work while training people in the community in entrepreneurship. We feed the hungry today while building a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow. We empower young adults to overcome poverty and build a brighter future for Haiti. Or we feed ? Or we sustain

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