Statistics without Borders (SWB) is a recipient of Humanity Road’s 2014 Da Vinci Award, which is presented to a patron or contributor that supports its programs. SWB was honored for coauthoring and publishing Guide to Social Media Emergency Management Analytics, a tool for emergency managers and decision-makers that helps them identify and discuss relevant questions when planning social media in emergency management response. “We wish to thank SWB for all their help in performing the data study and contributing to this important guidebook,” said Humanity Road President Chris Thompson.

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A version of Guide to Social Media Emergency Management Analytics will be published in the June issue of Statistical Journal of IAOS.

Who’s Who

• Michiko Wolcott was the coordinator and team lead on the SWB side. Follow @Michiko_wolcott on Twitter.
• Joseph Pollack was instrumental in incorporating the humanitarian crisis view in the project and contributed to the initial draft of the paper.
• Minh Tran was a collaborative data analyst throughout the project.