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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. But not this year.

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Microsoft's Windows Azure and Disaster Response

Tech Soup

What few are aware of, however, is that the Windows Azure platform also has the capability of serving communities that have been affected by disasters. The portal would allow emergency response teams, municipal actors, and other community agencies to use mapping, social media, translation, and other tools for online communications.

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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Location : San Antonio, TX.

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What we can learn from the Haitian Earthquake

NCE Social Media

While popular in Europe for some time, texting donations has finally broken through as a promising fundraising tool here. What type of emergency communications plan do you have in place? Social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a way for people to communicate during a crisis. How would you communicate?

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What Will Be The New Normal For The Event Industry?

AccelEvents

The numbers will need to be adjusted to match what is allowed in each jurisdiction but it is possible to host an event with a small number of physical attendees/participants and broadcast the happenings online to a much wider audience. 30 minutes seems like a reasonable cap. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals?

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What Will Be The New Normal For The Event Industry?

AccelEvents

The numbers will need to be adjusted to match what is allowed in each jurisdiction but it is possible to host an event with a small number of physical attendees/participants and broadcast the happenings online to a much wider audience. 30 minutes seems like a reasonable cap. What Does This Mean for Event Professionals?

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Tips for Hosting a Virtual Peer-to-Peer Event

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If you had a physical event planned that you’re now transitioning to a virtual peer-to-peer event, your first step should be to communicate with your event participants and let them know about the venue change. You record a video in real-time and your event participants can send comments, hearts, and likes in response.

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