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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The technology helps donors make investments that yield the highest impact or strategic system change. Davies predicts that once these systems are fully enabled, they will change the way people invest in social change. . We are seeing it to help donors make decision about COVID funding and other disaster related donation decisions.

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. None of the bridges on or off Long Island were open. I assumed that would be our safety net.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Working together, citizens could piece together news stories as well as facts from witnesses as they emerged to create the most complete picture of events. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina.

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My Organization is in “the cloud”! – What does that mean?

3rd Sector Labs

Not long ago, chatting with a prospective customer about their donor data storage practices, I suggested we step back and look at the organization’s bigger technology picture. Because moving data and software systems into the cloud changes an organization’s technology risk profile, but it doesn’t eliminate risk.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

What you’ll see on your screen is just a search on Amazon for “remote work.” If you don’t have a true collaboration system in place already, it just it begs for people to go out and get and look and evaluate other tools. It’s going to compromise the availability of our systems and whatever. It’s very important. Remote work.

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