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“Donor2Deed has launched its award winning online geospatial fundraising tool with the Dublin Simon community (www.dubsimon.ie/d2d/). The tool is embedded into Dublin Simons website and uses geospatial technologies to connect donors to projects to address their two main questions: ‘Where does my money go?’ and ‘Have I made a difference?’ Donors can browse various Simon projects through the interactive medium of Google Maps/Earth. Staff and volunteers remotely upload project updates to Donor2Deed and can simultaneously push those updates to donors and stakeholders through email, the website (www.donor2deed.com and www.dubsimon.ie) or a range of social media networks including FaceBook, Twitter and YouTube. “For us it means that we can connect with our donors through a range of internet mediums effortlessly and keep them updated regularly on the impact of their donation. In addition, donors can choose how and when they want to be communicated with in relation to their donations to Dublin Simon projects,” according to Glenda Wright.