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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. And, as blogger Vu Le says, donating to organizations on the ground can be a form of self-care. We have read the harrowing news reports about a lack of food, electricity, and water and people dying. Where should be donate?

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Tumblr, Photo Blogger Raise $100K for Hurricane Sandy Relief | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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Tumblr, Photo Blogger Raise $100K for Hurricane Sandy Relief | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : In less than 24 hours, a joint Hurricane Sandy fundraising effort from Tumblr and New York photo blog Humans of New York (HONY) has topped their goal of raising $100,000 for victims of the storm.

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

Meanwhile, bloggers Leigh Duncan and Deb Ng were starting a grassroots effort to raise awareness and support for the Japan disaster too. Influencers – We grabbed session leaders, keynote speakers, bloggers, and social media influencers to extend our message across to their audiences. What you will change the next time?

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Tips for Disaster Relief Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. It would be a great way to mobilize the power of women bloggers. They also set up a wiki. They also set up a wiki. Tips from Sara 1.

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Two Examples of Nonprofit Social Media That Will Make You Smile (and learn a best practice or two)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. What to do? What to do?

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How to build your Nonprofit’s Budget – Collaborate!

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That’s the advice we got from finance pro, Paul Konigstein, our guest blogger of the week. Environmental factors affect program delivery – Many nonprofits in the New York area experienced actual expenses less than budget in 2012 because programs were cancelled by Hurricane Sandy. For more great advice from Paul, read on below.