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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

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“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. It would be easy for community foundations to back away from giving days in the wake of the Kimbia disaster and similar problems that plagued Minnesota’s popular Give to the Max Day in 2013.

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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. I grew up on the Jersey shore where I’ve been evacuated due to storms, but I have never seen this level of disaster. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas. My heart goes out to the victims and I want to help.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. The Surprising Truth About Disaster Donor Fatigue – guest post by Alson Carlman, Global Giving. Disaster relief organizations have been working around the clock to respond to seven catastrophic disasters in the past two months. It will surprise you.

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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I usually take a three-prong strategy for disaster relief. As we watch reports of a disaster, we can give directly to people on the ground. Follow up later, recovery takes a long time – Donations typically come in right after a disaster strikes, but it is often a long road to recovery. Local Charities.

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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are seeing it to help donors make decision about COVID funding and other disaster related donation decisions. The future plan is to use this tool with other aid organizations and types of natural disasters such as wildfires. The technology helps donors make investments that yield the highest impact or strategic system change.

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Giving Planner by Giving Compass

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

don’t know about you, but with everything that is going on in the world today – from natural disasters and political issues – I’m frequently being asked to donate to different causes.

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Being Prepared to Blog and Photoshare for Disasters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Thought folks might be interested in reading the Humaninet blog from Gregg Swanson who will be blogging and uploading photos to the Hnet Flickr account via a satellite connection at a disaster response exercise in Asia put on by ADRA Asia. Blog: [link] Flickr: [link]. They probably already know about each other's work.