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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The earthquakes on February 6 that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria have left an estimated 54,000 people dead. million) in Syria. Corporations headquartered in Germany—home to over three million ethnic Turks and approximately one million refugees from Syria—have responded to the crisis by contributing more than €16.7

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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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Giving USA 2023 Report Insights & Solutions to Giving Decline 

Qgiv

Despite organizations recieving more bequests, they provided less in terms of goods and services for those nonprofits served. Giving by cause Despite overall giving declining, not all nonprofit organizations were impacted the same and some even noted increases in giving when compared to 2021. Giving to health organizations grew 5.1%

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Activist Media from the Frontlines: Mobile, Strategic, and Much More Than Just at "The Right Place at the Right Time"

NTEN

In Syria, activists and citizen journalists fill a media void and strategically inform the global conversation on the uprising by capturing and sharing their own footage. They are organized, trained, smart, strategic, and promote media - much of it mobile - with a purpose.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

Qgiv

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. Be intimate with your data.

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Refugee Response: TechSoup's New Online Technology Resource for NGOs Helping Refugees

Tech Soup

Refugee Response is an online technology informational resource that provides technology-related support for NGOs that serve refugees. That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The site points NGOs to TechSoup product donations and features how-to and other technology information.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even back then, we included information about his service in the box of each Arkenstone Reader because we knew people would rather not have to scan a book before reading it! First, one of last year’s Migel Award winners, George Kerscher. And when the idea of a peer-to-peer ebook library came to me, it was George who I went to with the idea.

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