Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It also lets you discover and donate to organizations involved in disaster response work, and find opportunities to volunteer. Apps for Disaster Planning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” Facebook recommends that you “design for sound-off, delight for sound-on.” They provide disaster relief and shelter to families that have been devastated by natural disasters. Unsurprisingly, other networks followed suit.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2019

Why Facebook is Important to Nonprofits. If you’re a marketer, then you know the impact that Facebook has globally. billion active daily users worldwide- that’s 66% of its monthly users- making Facebook the third most-visited site in the world. Americans alone spend 58 minutes a day scrolling through Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Over the years, I’ve attended events where a representatives from Facebook shared with nonprofits how to use the platform more effectively. During the Q/A after the presentation, one of the most frequent questions asked has been, “Will Facebook be making grants to nonprofits?” Image Source: Pando Daily.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

4) Continued Disruption of the Nonprofit Sector by Commercial Players like Facebook. Facebook is doubling down on deploying its commerce features, which significantly affects charitable giving. Facebook may take this even further with their latest efforts to create a $50-million matching fund to address issues like disaster relief.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2016

She has invited everyone to share their experience of this failure on her Facebook page. Disaster Planning and Recovery. We advocate that all organizations have some type of disaster planning in place for such occasions. It is a holistic guide to disaster planning and recovery. It ended up raising $39,000. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

But, don’t go into denial either, these resources, that I found through Mari Smith’s Facebook Page will help you and your team come up with a plan. Are you ready for possible new changes to Facebook Brand pages?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

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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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

But the results for nonprofits in the Disaster/International Aid space looked very different. While platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter dominated nonprofit social media engagement, 30% of participants reported being active on TikTok. We also compare retention rates and annual value for one-time and monthly donors.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The nonprofit world was buzzing today over the announcement of Facebook rolling out Donate buttons to nonprofit organizations on pages and posts. This will be similar to the Facebook Gifts button that they have been testing with about a dozen nonprofit partners for the past year. Giving money is not a very social activity on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Video: The rising consumption of online video (Instagram and Facebook stories, Snapchat, etc.) The top three causes are medical expenses (25%), start-up costs for a social enterprise (25%), and disaster relief (23%). 78% donate in response to natural disasters. ? Mobile: 70% of our traffic comes from mobile. 93% regularly vote.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

The Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report , our joint project with Common Knowledge and thePort, told you that 86% of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook. Except in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, clickthrough rate drops off when UNICEF-USA posts to their fan page more than 3 times per day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2015

Facebook has rolled out the “Donate Now” button for all ads and brand pages which makes it easier than for nonprofits to ask Facebook audiences to donate. When Facebook rolled out the donate button feature in 2013 for a small group of partners, the results were mixed. Facebook will no doubt iterate.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. Before the cloud, if you wanted to build a web application (a program that you get to through a browser — Facebook is a good example) you would get yourself a server which would run your application.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? percent of the entire American population is on Facebook. Twitter is different than Facebook, and Facebook is different than LinkedIn. Twitter has more than 16 million users, and 42.3 Claim your land.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Groups that had already sent major campaigns recently, which may have eaten into Giving Tuesday revenue, like in the disaster and international aid space. While they are more expensive, they built a larger pool of donors that then converted through channels like Facebook and search. Who was down? Ads — more mixed?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The top three causes are medical expenses (54%), disaster relief (12%), and education costs (12%). 67% donate in response to natural disasters. ? Of those inspired by social media, Facebook (47%) has the largest impact, then Instagram (23%) and Twitter (20%). ? 63% donate to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Facebook fundraising campaign. While your organization may have an unusual level of success with a particular tactic, relying too heavily on one or two fundraising tactics can lead to disaster. Every standard fundraising tactic, with the exception of your ongoing personal asks, should be listed on your calendar.

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VisionLink

JUNE 24, 2014

The sessions engaged leadership from the Centers for Disease Control , National VOAD , Facebook , Target , FEMA , Health & Human Services , Homeland Security , United Way Worldwide , Operation HOPE , the US Chamber of Commerce , GE Healthcare , American Red Cross , Booz Allen Hamilton , and many others.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

To mark the courage and strength of the brave men and women working on the front lines of conflict and raise awareness for those affected by disasters around the world, we’re highlighting 10 nonprofits that are making a difference by driving action and support for aid efforts. Get Involved | Twitter | Facebook. Oxfam America.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

Microsoft Launches Free Disaster Relief App : Microsoft has recently released a new Disaster Relief app that goes under the name HelpBridge. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to call for help, you can send a message out via Facebook, SMS and email to a preassigned list of contacts with your location and a message.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

You can register a disaster food drop-off on their website or sign up to be a disaster response volunteer if you’re in Maui and want to contribute. To support the Maui Humane Society, donate here and join their mutual aid Facebook group to see how else you can help.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Together, with the help of countless disaster relief initiatives, we will get back on our feet! Our thoughts and prayers go out to the dozens who lost their lives, their families, and to the many more recovering from what appears to be the 5th most serious hurricane on record.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We are seeing it to help donors make decision about COVID funding and other disaster related donation decisions. Source: GiveDirectly Facebook Page. The future plan is to use this tool with other aid organizations and types of natural disasters such as wildfires.

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Candid

JULY 14, 2022

PWNA provided $8,000 in disaster relief funding to heat the center so that Crow Creek tribal schoolteachers could tutor students. To learn more about Partnership With Native Americans, follow us on Twitter , Facebook , Instagram, and LinkedIn. . .

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AFP Blog

JUNE 9, 2011

Facebook assembles group to plan for disasters - CNN.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. GFN recently posted on Facebook and Instagram about a unique collaboration that involved two of its corporate donors, International Paper and FedEx.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

We continued to see groups whose issues were in the news in the final months of the year experience spikes in fundraising — whether they worked on disaster response to midwest tornados or responding to news coming out of the Supreme Court. Many organizations are getting less and less out of Facebook Ads. Others, not so much.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 26, 2011

Text Messages Aren't Enough When Natural Disasters Strike | Fast Company : The American Red Cross has released a new survey that claims Americans are increasingly relying on the Internet and social media for disaster information. According to the Red Cross, 18% of Americans regularly rely on Facebook to obtain disaster information.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

" The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter."

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Facebook: CoreResponse. Facebook: Hope for Haiti. Team Rubicon mobilizes veterans to offer their services, skills, and expertise to people preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters. . Facebook: Team Rubicon. Photo provided directly by the CORE team. Twitter: @CoreResponse. Hope for Haiti. Team Rubicon.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

In fact, political fundraising is like disaster relief. And because sites like Facebook want to keep a balance of ads and organic content, you’ll see the price of advertising increase as well. We’ll also outline some ways you can use the election to connect more deeply with your constituents.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

The big uptick came around October or November and was likely motivated by external factors such as global conflicts, the war in the Middle East, and international disasters. The other ways people are giving small donations, such as GoFundMe, crowdfunding, and Facebook fundraisers, could also be contributing to this decline.

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