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Big Data Means More Than Big Profits

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For example, Benetech’s recent analysis for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights—using information from six databases compiled by Syrian human rights monitors and one database collected by the Syrian government—found that at least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria’s civil war.

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Giving USA 2023 Report Insights & Solutions to Giving Decline 

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This growth was likely spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine and devastating natural disasters that impacted Turkey and Syria. Acquire new donors If you don’t have enough current donors in your database to sustain your organization, you can obtain new donors using peer-to-peer fundraising. increase in donations betwen 2021 and 2022.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

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One private school set a reasonable goal of $4,000 to help raise relief funds for the earthquakes in Syria. They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. Another participant from the Greatest Generation achieved tremendous success through her campaign.

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7 Nonprofits that Inspired Us in 2013 and How Your Favorite Nonprofit Can Make the List this Year.

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Best Use of Integrated Marketing – ANERA – Due to the influx of new refugees from Syria to Lebanon’s refugee camps, ANERA had to raise funds quickly to respond to the increased need of essential supplies. Read the case study.

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Seven Nonprofits That Deserve a Standing Ovation

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Best Use of Integrated Marketing – ANERA – Due to the influx of new refugees from Syria to Lebanon’s refugee camps, ANERA had to raise funds quickly to respond to the increased need of essential supplies. Read the case study.

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the closing session, El-Fatah noted that he had just gotten an email saying that two of his friends had just been killed in Syria. This has significant implications for database developers who must create tools that do not distort the information being captured or mislead decision makers with flawed analytics.

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Training Afghani NGOs in Cambodia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Over 8 weeks this last fall, I had the privilege of working with NGOs from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, in a series of trainings that took place in Phnom Penh, Beirut and Istanbul. My first presentation discussed principles of documentation, developing databases, and analysis.

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