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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. And in the face of a storm like Sandy, our system is actually too big not to fail.

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Free Webinar: Introduction to GIS Software and ESRI ArcView

Tech Soup

Well-made maps and information graphics give me "the big picture" so much faster than plain text. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are tools that specialize in helping you understand and visualize large amounts of data. For example, the image here is a map showing hurricane impact on the Gulf Coast from 1850 - 2005.

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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. It was a tremendous effort by the team and all the volunteers who donated time.

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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

Sharing passwords, shadow IT—and for those who don’t know what “shadow IT” is, essentially, it’s staff members, users, basically going out and evaluating and purchasing and implementing IT applications, programs, systems that have not been approved or been reviewed by anyone in either management or the executive level. It’s very important.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

I see that there is a major tipping point happening in the global climate change movement and consciousness of global warming, thanks in part to Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth , and simply the manifestations that we have seen from hurricanes to melting icecaps, and that it's a time that I could not be working on anything else but this.