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Crowdsourced data is not a substitute for real statistics

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Then they used spatial statistical techniques to show that the pattern of aggregated text messages predicted where the damaged buildings were concentrated.

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Stay Ahead of AI’s Magic

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Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. It calculates.

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Examples of Nonprofit Storytelling to Increase Donations and Involvement

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Stay focused on the details that delineate the problem and the answer that you provide. Keep practicing and refining your technique. Let the donors know if the beneficiary will still need your help or if there are others who still need their help. Focus the story. The story shouldn’t ramble or have subplots and tangents.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Explores the ecosystem of data for social problem solving and the role philanthropy can play. Argues for engaging in adaptive strategy given the data rich and rapidly changing environment for solving complex social problems. Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Harvard Business Review, March 2013.

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“Survey Says” VS. Research

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The type of problems you are trying to solve and/or the types of questions you are attempting to answer will determine not only the kind of data needed to address those inquiries but also the methodologies that are required to collect that data. Others yet are capable of either or both techniques. What kind of data do you need?

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The Heart and Soul of Lean Impact: A/B Testing Experiments and Validated Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Define the problem from your stakeholder’s point of view. Use Scientific Methods: These include having a significant sample size, randomly selected groups and some split testing. Here’s the method. Use human centered design principles, not your arrogance of thinking you know what works for your audience without testing.

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How are you using metrics, benchmarks, and experiments to improve your Facebook presence?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What is the way out of this problem? To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. The M&R social media benchmarks study is a good start, although the benchmarks are based on a small sample size. My Fan Page objective is: .

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