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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

Candid

Alternatively, 23 percent of nonprofit leaders anticipate they’ll need to lay off or furlough staff, according to the Nonprofit Leadership Center. Organizations continue to advocate for long-term commitments to strengthening nonprofits’ financial resiliency while also showing dedication to addressing structural change and racial equity.

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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

Tech Soup

The resultant traffic and chaos from commuters attempting alternate methods of transportation including ferries, buses, and carpooling likely resulted in something of a local holiday – as highways turned into parking lots. Obviously not all jobs can be done effectively in a remote work framework. Workplace Evolution. More Resources.

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Learning and Development: The Presidential Debate Edition

Gyrus

Systems are capable of not only organizing Instructor-Led Training (ILT), but they now house E-Learnings, Gamification, Mobile Learnings, and alternative learning objects. Firstly, don’t be afraid to ask the LMS company who you are partnering with to divulge the security measures in place for their hosted environment.

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Build, Buy, or Customize?

Connection Cafe

Often development projects (or entire implementations) are initiated without a thorough understanding of the anticipated business value of the project ( a few perspectives on the topic of business value ), making it difficult to sell the project internally or to measure its success after its completion ( a few of my thoughts on this topic ).

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10 Things to Know When Moving To A More ?Capable Software Platform

VisionLink

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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