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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

12,000 specific geographic locations were coded in 42 Sub-Sahara African countries, 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Indonesia, and the Philippines (a selection of Africa-wide projects were also coded). This can have a significantly positive impact on efforts to improve accountability and aid effectiveness.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

From @davidahood: We tend to track email opening and click through rates, what percentage of people take action from click through and growth in numbers of fans/followers/members. Action = money, sale, clickthrough, unique visitor, download, lead generation, email address, form fill out, questionnaire, etc.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

You can use different technologies for these things, as easy or as difficult as you want. So for me, I actually often pick my parents [when writing about technology], because they have dial-up, and they're not very tech-savvy. And then finally, keep track of each other. That's the first thing: you do not have to be technical.

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