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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. Eastern time, the technology provider noticed that donation forms were loading slowly or not at all, and soon many communities were unable to process donations. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 But not this year.

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Safe & Well in Troubled Times

VisionLink

National Public Radio broadcast one of those riveting stories they do so well, in part from a disaster shelter where the Safe and Well system was being used to reconnect friends and family. With more than 100 tornados across the nation these past few days, there are many people looking to find news about their loved ones.

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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. How, You Ask? The flexibility offered by the Azure platform lets users customize the tool to suit the nature of their emergency and the immediate needs of the affected community.

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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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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

And most importantly: it will be documented and shared by large numbers of people, experiencing it first hand, and sharing news and updates in real time. The revolution may not be televised, but no matter where you are, you can now have a front row seat to the broadcast. Online Homebase.

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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. It seems, for the time being at least, that virtual and hybrid events are the new normal.

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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. It is how some of the major charities providing relief and news outlets are broadcasting their stories and information. There are several things we can learn from the Haitian Earthquake that are socialmedia-related.

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