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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address? The numerous other disasters and humanitarian crises occurred or continued to occur that year—events that were overshadowed by the pandemic. . Syrian refugee crisis.

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Inclusivity & Equity Workshop Series

VisionLink

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) , and to do our small part, Visionlink is pleased to announce our next Breakthrough Workshops series, focused on equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Visionlink is always striving to empower our customers and other organizations in the field.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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Leveraging Engagement to Sustain Our Organizations

VQ Strategies

The most common topic of discussion in meetings lately and the theme of many sessions during this unusual fall conference season is the need to advocate for volunteer engagement as a strategy to help sustain organizations during these challenging times. Could there ever be a time when our organizations need to be more adaptable than now?

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Inspired by Corporations’ Investment in Purpose and Social Responsibility Throughout the Crisis and Hardships of 2020

sgEngage

We see that organizations of all sizes rallied their employees to give and serve others in their local communities and around the world. We also saw this trend in our industry report as CSR professionals stepped up with disaster relief campaigns that specifically supported social justice. Social Justice campaigns received over $2.8

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5 Organizations To Support On World Refugee Day

Everyaction

This World Refugee day, here are 5 organizations you can support to help refugees travel safely and keep families together. They have since expanded to become a leading advocate for resolution of global refugee crises by world leaders. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Refugees International According to.

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Recap: Nonprofits & AI – A Conversation with Devi Thomas

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. In our book, The Smart Nonprofit, we present many examples of nonprofit use cases as well as Microsoft’s many nonprofit examples. Below is my fully human-generated reflection.