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Why Hospitals Should Invest in Climate Actions as a Community Benefit Strategy

sgEngage

Long-term exposure to polluted air can also increase the risk of developing asthma, especially in children and vulnerable populations. In areas with high levels of pollution, asthma rates and hospitalizations tend to be higher, illustrating the direct link between air quality and respiratory health. This equals about 1 in 12 people.

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Children's reading skill is strongly correlated with their shoe size -- because older kids have bigger feet and tend to read better. You wouldn't measure all the shoes in a classroom to evaluate the kids' reading ability. The problems will be much worse if SMS streams are used to try to measure public violence.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

All leather is sourced from gold or silver-rated tanneries, and more than 345 million plastic bottles have been recycled as shoelaces or other footwear features. Not only did these efforts result in higher productivity and lower absenteeism rates, but it supported the vitality of the community as a whole.

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How Data Can Improve Your Nonprofit’s Response Rates

sgEngage

Below are four simple yet highly effective ways that data can help you increase response rates. What if I told you that 40% of the households on your mailing list have school-aged children? The post How Data Can Improve Your Nonprofit’s Response Rates first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Vary your frequency.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

And, as I was sharing earlier, we usually teach this in person over a period of two to three hours, so, you all are getting the, what we’ll call, the boot-camp version of “Measure of Success.” Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? ” I know I speak fast. So that’s the extended impact.

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Help I Just Lost My Google Ad Grant

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As explained in Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg’s How Google Works, all Google employees are held to O bjectives and Key results (OKRs) , a goal system that aligns ambition with measurable performance indicators. The net effects of the current U.S. Source: Edelman.

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#bbcon Just Took Over Austin, TX| Day 1 Recap

Connection Cafe

Nicholas Kristof brought out a few tears (at least from me) in his keynote session that covered everything from the value of storytelling, the struggle of partisan politics, Random Controlled Trials (RCT’s), the role of media for causes, demining rats, deworming children and teenage pregnancy rates in the Us compared to Europe.

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