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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

The most recent examples of Candid research using real-time data are the COVID-19 report , produced in partnership with the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) , and updates via our blog about philanthropic funding in response to the Ukraine crisis. We recommend that others do the same. . foundation grantmaking.

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What we know about MacKenzie Scott’s 2020 grants

Candid

In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 The $126 million grant, to Easterseals, is an outlier in size and structure—it actually represents an aggregation of grants to a set of individual Easterseals chapters. billion to 384 nonprofits. Grant size distribution.

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Crowdsourced data is not a substitute for real statistics

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

An analysis team from European Commission's Joint Research Center analyzed the text messages gathered through Ushahidi together with data on damaged buildings collected by the World Bank and the UN from satellite images. However, we worry that crowdsourced data are not a good data source for doing statistics or finding patterns.

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Sping Cleaning: Taking Inventory of your Social Media Tools

Amy Sample Ward

If you work for the Red Cross, as an example, you can search in Causes for “red cross&# and find groups that are focused on the Red Cross but also those focused on specific disaster relief efforts and international projects. the key words for your sector (like “blood drive&# and “disaster relief&# if you are the Red Cross).

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Increasing User Value / Moving to Influence

Forum One

The top row shows how a web site can be used to aggregate information - which is a valuable service for users, and which requires the web site host to collect/screen information, a fairly "mechanical" work process. While aggregated information can help build trusted customers, it does not move the host organization to becoming influential.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Users don't just see aggregate statistics on a map, they get personalized recommendations with map features customized to the amenities they have chosen. Disasters like this, or the events of the Southeast Asian tsunamis, can literally change the shape of cities, countrysides, and coastlines.

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. blogchat which is facilitated by @mackcollier and uses wthashtag to aggregate the conversation. This takes some facilitation.

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