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Disaster Preparedness: The Math Behind How & Why You Should Invest

Connection Cafe

As we enter the beginning of disaster season, it can’t help but feel like we have already been in disaster season all year long. And while no one can predict when or where a disaster will occur, data continues to back being prepared over-responding after the fact. Inform Yourself on Your Business’ Needs.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Beth Kanter, “ Data Informed. Alliance Magazine, September 2012.

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TechSoup at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Tech Soup

Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. This session will cover basic tips and guidelines for protecting your technology, data, and assets so that you're well prepared for a natural or man-made disaster.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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How to Conduct a Quick Tech Plan

Tech Soup

Conducting some total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis on projected new acquisitions. Dig into all the details: does everyone have access to the information they need, when they need it? TechSoup also offers a free eBook, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery. How do you currently use technology?

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New Program! Award-Winning Bitdefender Security

Tech Soup

We might even take for granted and forget about the complex electronic security that protects us from what could be costly and time-consuming disasters. For network systems, a dashboard brings together configuration and threat information from all managed and unmanaged endpoints and servers. Awards and Praise. Remote access (networks).

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Actigiving—The Next Phase in the Evolution of Episodic Giving

Connection Cafe

When there was a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, people made a conscious decision to give to causes that were there to help others in need. The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami was an important tipping point as it was the first significant spike in online giving immediately following a disaster.

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