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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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How AI Can Help with International Development

Forum One

It can allow students to learn at their own pace, providing personalized lessons based on where the student needs more focus. Disaster Response – Using satellite and weather data, countries will be able to better predict disasters. It can help teachers understand which students are struggling, and in what areas.

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

Again, have interns learn about how to write in the right style for search before getting started. Online training for nonprofits Join Whole Whale University Learn from our decade of experience with courses, webinars, templates, and guides! Visit Campus 15. Online file spaces on the cloud also have a tendency to devolve into a mess.

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Improve Online Donor Retention with these 5 Proven Follow Up Techniques

NetWits

to learn more about the turn to online fundraising, the need for a multichannel approach and how direct mail is still alive and well. In fact, online donors are worth a lot more than offline donors. Unless you can convert them to offline (that’s right, OFFLINE) giving channels. Download Now!

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Disaster Relief Memo to Fundraisers: Lessons for Sandy from Katrina

Tech Soup

Domestic relief organizations of all kinds are no doubt mobilizing to support disaster recovery (read Molly's post 7 Tips for Quick Response During a Time of Need ). What portion of it may be attributed to the disaster-based fundraising? The impact is not only going to be offline. At most, we have warm prospects, not donors.

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. I caught up with Rob Wu, co-founder of CauseVox , the platform used to support this fundraising effort, to learn more about the process and campaign. How did you co-created the campaign?

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more in the MFA Guide.

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