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Five Prognoses on Aid to Haiti – by Alexander Glück

Following the catastrophe in Haiti, many donations have been made over betterplace.org for organisations that work with emergency aid, from Care International by way of the German Red Cross to the Alliance Action German Aid. Our guest blogger Alexander Glück takes a critical look at this topic. Of course, probably not everyone on the betterplace [...]
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The Ushahidi Situation Room: real-time map of the catastrophe

New digital technologies are enabling radical possibilities in catastrophe situations (apart from the fact that they are able to enlist record-high donations via online donations, text-messages etc.) . Take a look at the Haiti Crisis Map from the Ushahidi Situation Room. Just in the last few days, it lists hundreds of messages updated almost in [...]
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Year in Review, Part 4: Crowdsourcing – Ideas, Engagement, Trust

One trend with far reaching effects (which gained momentum in 2009) is crowdsourcing ideas and solutions for social problems. Competitions — such as Google’s Project 10100 “Ideas that change the world”, Ashoka’s Changemakers, the Purpose Prize (for people who, in the second half of their life, make a large difference), and the Buckminster Fuller Institute [...]
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The data impetus: the Anglo-Saxon discussion of 2009. Part 3 of the Year in Review

Exciting developments in the social sector are being tracked in Anglo-Saxon countries. Those discussions will eventually also play an increasing roll here at home. Data, Measurement, Efficacy Following the financial crisis in the USA many organisations have, among other steps, refocused their energy toward measuring and conveying their impact. In the intensified competition for funding, [...]
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Year in Review 09 – Year in Preview 10 – Part 2

At betterplace.org, we are naturally interested in the changes that digital technologies have affected on the social sector. Online fundraising continues to develop but remains in the small numbers In 2009 many German organisations discovered the potential of social media for furthering their aims.  For the first time, fundraising guides explicitly added “Online Content” modules [...]
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What happened in 2009? What will happen in 2010? Part 1

At the end of 2009 we published a 4-part review of the past year, combined with a look ahead to things coming to betterplace.org and within the social sector in 2010. Thanks to Becky in the betterplace team, we now have a translation: Donations decreased only slightly despite the crisis Initially there was much speculation [...]
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Welcome: Björn Lampe!

Yesterday we welcomed a new manager for our Project and Organisation team at betterplace.org. I am very happy to introduce Björn Lampe to you who, together with Yvonne Andreas, will develop strategies and operations for our Project domain. Björn brings with him much talent and experience from his former jobs and activities and we are [...]
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