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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Then the key disaster preparedness concern becomes communication, not system and data preservation.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads. That means that your organization's data is only as secure as your employees' device security settings and behavior. How to Protect Your Data. Why It Should Matter to Organizations.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. More and more, now we can.

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6 Reasons Why People Won’t Give to Your Fundraising Appeal Letter (and what to do about it!)

Get Fully Funded

Maybe your organization helped over one hundred hurricane survivors find temporary housing. Before you mail, check your data for duplicates so you don’t waste money on unnecessary printing or postage. Your letter must address what your donor wants to know and what warms her heart. Tell the story of one person or one family.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. To learn more about it, join the Mozilla crew and friends for a Twitter chat next Monday evening. But that would be a lot of content!

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

Again, it’s about that audience, especially for new donor acquisition when you don’t have a lot of internal data points on those people, and how can you look at people as a group and try to determine how they’re going to respond. We understand you might not have all of these data points. That’s okay.

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