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5 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, when COVID-19 hit, Hope for Haiti had to stop and evaluate whether or not they should still move forward with their Hike for Haiti Challenge. Being nimble also means you know when to pause and reflect how to best go from a small bet to a large one.

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PQMD: Medical Surplus Recovery Organization Planning

VisionLink

Department of Defense , the World Health Organization , the Catholic Health Association , MedShare and Project HOPE to evaluate recently-released standards for MSROs regarding the collection and distribution of medical surplus to those most in need around the world.

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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

Connection Cafe

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

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The 12th Issue of NTEN: Change is Out - "Outcomes & Impact"

NTEN

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, cholera spreading into the bateyes posed an imminent threat as most of the workers migrated from Haiti. Much of 2010 was focused on Project Cultivar, which worked in the Dominican Republic sugarcane plantations and its company towns, bateyes.

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The correlation found in Haiti is an example of a "confounding factor". You wouldn't measure all the shoes in a classroom to evaluate the kids' reading ability. A correlation was found between building damage and SMS streams, but only because both were correlated with the simple existence of buildings. .

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. There have to be other criteria for defining and evaluating innovation. Another great example is Epic Change.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. Around Gender.