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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. We are seeing it to help donors make decision about COVID funding and other disaster related donation decisions.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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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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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are there methods and tools in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector for using it effectively? There is not much value in the raw data unless you have the tools and skills to synthesize it. The professional tools for monitoring and analyzing social media data can be expensive and pose a steep learning curve.

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Tech Soup

You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. Bonus: See an overview of our Local Impact Map and see how you can get it for your nonprofit. Tips and Tools for Technology Planning. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. And it works for nonprofits too! Susan Tenby.

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TechSoup's Donation Programs Continue to Grow

Tech Soup

This software features built-in wizards to help structure your presentation’s narrative and build libraries of standard graphics and slide elements (like logos and maps). The Product : Access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

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Oh, and just in case you want to plan your prize route, here's a map. We're a GIS software development firm, and we'd love to share with you how you can use the power of geographic information systems -- beyond just displaying dots on a map. Call2Action's Spark™ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget.

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