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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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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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If you’re not sure what to say, here’s a list of sample phrases you can use to thank donors. For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” Your gift can get a child back into the classroom where they belong and on the road to a brighter future.”

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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You answered our call for donations so students could move off our waiting list and into classrooms. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. Because of your gift and gifts from other generous donors like you, seven new students got to enroll in school!