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Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

Cloud 4 Good

Shifting Quickly to Support International Crises. One of the most critical and well-known international crises today is happening in Ukraine. But not all organizations have the infrastructure or staffing necessary to track donations, follow up, and further mobilize their audience. .

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria. Beirut explosion.

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How To Use Microsoft Technology To Supercharge Your Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SOS Children’s Villages International uses cloud technology to help fundraise for children in need. Photo courtesy of SOS Children’s Villages International. With our daily communications, the transparency helps our donors know where we spend money,” according to Ahmed Morabeih, emergency reporting officer for SOS in Syria.

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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. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation. Big Data is all the rage in Silicon Valley.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

To get in on the action, nonprofits can take the following steps: Conduct internal matching gift training. While switching to a new system, International Business Machines (IBM) paused its match program. Turkey and Syria earthquake: In early 2023, a massive earthquake impacted Turkey and Syria.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. 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.

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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

I’m teaching a graduate class at the Monterey Institute of International Studies based on my books, The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. They will be placed with organizations working on policies in these areas, many part of large international networks, nonprofits, and government.

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