Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This edition of the App It Up project "Cool App Roundup" highlights different ways apps can be used in disaster, crisis, and emergency situations. Preparing for Disaster. The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 18, 2013

What are some examples of services on the cloud? Photo storage & sharing sites like Dropbox.com E-mail sites like Gmail, Yahoo mail, or hotmail Video Conferencing providers Website hosting sites Social Media How can the cloud simplify IT? You can click here to learn more about this awesome free service from Microsoft.

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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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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. They draw from an archive of videos and pictures to insert in the series that they also make available to their members.

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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. They maintain a standard number of posts per day for optimal performance. They also have a keen focus on the broader environment, ensuring their content is relevant and appropriate to the moment.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

A donation drive is a purposeful and organized effort to mobilize individuals, communities, or businesses to contribute resources, typically in the form of monetary funds, goods, or services, towards a specific cause or charitable organization. Organize in-kind donation drives for goods or services that your nonprofit needs.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Companies Are Prioritizing Disaster Relief and Crisis Response. In a recent study, corporate giving efforts accounted for $405 million in contributions related to disaster relief. Workplace giving provides a chance to promote their mission, programs, and services while recruiting new supporters.

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VisionLink

MAY 30, 2012

The growth is primarily due to an increasing number of connected devices, increased broadband connectivity, and increasing use of video world wide. By 2016 it is expected to be more than 85% video. zettabytes in 2016. And the content of the traffic? Thanks to Cisco and TechCrunch for the numbers.)

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The interview focuses on the role of technology, social media, and Apps relating to disaster response and community services. The key points are simply that moving forward, both day-to-day and emergency services are best delivered with the general public as part of a more comprehensive flow of information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

1) From the outside, it appears that NGOs in Kenya do not have access to the traditional fundraising services that are so common here in the United States, such as a “Donate” page for processing credit cards and PayPal accounts. 2) How do M-Changa’s crowdfunding services fill that void? 67% donate in response to natural disasters. ?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Last year I had one of the most positive experiences ever after donating to a relief agency that was intervening in a disaster that had affected our out-of-state friends. The organization described how they were helping those affected by the disaster, and how their services would be evolving over time.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Often virtual events don’t elicit the same emotional connection as when a team come s together for in-person service. Right now, less than 2% of corporate investment in disaster goes to mitigation and resiliency – nearly all support goes towards immediate relief.* hours of community service.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We recently invited people from three of the top product donation nonprofits to participate in a webinar about how to access donated products and services. Please visit the site to view this video). Nonstop Wellness is a healthcare service for organizations with more than 50 employees. It saves nonprofits on average 12.5

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sgEngage

AUGUST 4, 2023

Year-round programs are effective for fostering an engaged social workplace, but the process of promoting and managing the program and subsequent donations might require external services. Even better, this allows fundraising profits to be directed to nonprofit services rather than fundraising marketing.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Fearing the sky was falling, they thought people would hunker down and fundraising would be a disaster. Human services organizations grew 9.7% (8.4% Alas, the reason donors stop giving are well-documented and have everything to do with poor communication and poor donor service from fundraisers. adjusted for inflation).

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

We must get up every day, lead our teams, take care of our families, and provide services and support to communities and people who rely on us. million people [PDF] Nyaka , Michigan/Uganda: Releases first full-length documentary – award winning, truth-telling, INSPIRING, and streaming free [VIDEO-40 min] What are you up to?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Impacts to Society.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 23, 2024

Deposits are things like: Updates Warm touches like thank-you calls or hand-written notes Stories in your newsletter or on social media that the donor sees Video of your nonprofit in action “Behind the scenes” info At their foundation, they’re the feel-good stuff and make the donor glad they decided to give to your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The actual giving experience for recurring donors is often better too, since the organization needs to work for the repeat support each month (not dissimilar to other subscription services in your life). Engaging supporters through live video allows for new sources of revenue and engagement for nonprofits.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Video owned by and featured on the ABC News Youtube channel. Team Rubicon mobilizes veterans to offer their services, skills, and expertise to people preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters. . Organizations Stepping In to Support Haiti Earthquake Victims. Facebook: Hope for Haiti. Twitter: @HopeforHaitiFL.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2016

An Instagram Photo and Video Essay. A video posted by Nonprofit Organizations (@nonprofitorgs) on Oct 17, 2016 at 6:13am PDT. A video posted by Nonprofit Organizations (@nonprofitorgs) on Oct 17, 2016 at 7:30am PDT. by Heather Mansfield. For many years I’ve wanted to visit the Hague, Netherlands. HagueDayTrip.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Here’s how the text fundraising process works: Your nonprofit chooses a text fundraising platform or service provider. Text-to-donate campaigns are most useful for urgent fundraising needs or opportunities, such as a telethon or disaster relief campaign. Qgiv’s text fundraising services are available for $159 per month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

” At the time, Chuck was a staff member for Historic New Orleans. It underscored the idea that nonprofits, like your family, should have a disaster communications plan. My colleagues at Big Duck have put together a terrific webinar on this topic for this Friday. Be specific. Partner up.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

If you’ve created a Facebook group and/or set up a streaming service event participants can watch activities unfold from, send them that information. You record a video in real-time and your event participants can send comments, hearts, and likes in response. Want to dial up the participation on your live videos?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Apps and Services. Google has quite a few apps and services for backing up your photos, music, and other files to the cloud. For music, you can use the aptly named Google Music service, which allows you to upload your music library in bulk. If your phone is running Android 4.0 (Ice It includes: apps. browser bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Additional TV and print ads, which are personal accounts of how those featured have been touched by the Red Cross, are being released as public service advertisements (PSAs). We set out to find authentic personal stories about Red Cross services in the hopes that more people will know about and be inspired by all the things we do.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. All you need to do is promote your campaign effectively and watch the donations roll in! Emergency campaigns.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Audience research is changing—along with a changing world—to help us on our quest to better understand audience behavior, needs, frustrations, and successes and ensure products and services are successful. As organizations navigate and adapt to connecting with users in new ways, here is what we see as valuable going forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

Although they stopped accepting donations of items at 5:00 PM (because the plane leaves on Tuesday), I thought this video is one small example of different grassroots efforts underway to help. charity:water is encouraging online donations to their partners who are in Haiti and working to quickly to deliver disaster relief services.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

(Please visit the site to view this video). We'll kick this off with a completely original, new, and free fundraising service for charities, churches, and libraries. It makes changing over from older Microsoft Office–based systems to the newer online services more manageable and easy to maintain. Video: TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

iCloud, Apple's device syncing service, backs up your device settings (such as your wallpaper, contacts, and calendar data from your various apps), messages (SMS, MMS, and iMessage), and much more. It also backs up photos and videos from your camera roll. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Drones also show promise for delivering goods to rural or disaster-stricken areas that would otherwise be inaccessible. Tracking storms.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ensure your text giving service offers a way for text donors to set up a monthly or recurring donation. Other instances where text-to-give is an ideal option include giving days, disaster relief, and weekly church giving. Make sure you briefly walk them through how to use it so they’re ready when the event takes place!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Windows Phone 7 lacks data backup, but Microsoft's cloud storage service, SkyDrive , is built into the operating system. The SugarSync service is a SkyDrive alternative that can store photos, documents, videos, music, and other files in the cloud. More Resources.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 11, 2022

If you’re watching social media, television, or video and wondering how you can support those affected and contribute to relief efforts, most organizations are most in need of financial donations. As we watch the news unfold in horror hoping for a path to peace, many of us are asking ourselves “How can we as individuals help?”

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. The video alone brought us to tears. We’re a donor database.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

Other bloggers are also more likely to link to your blog posts than the home page (or services page) of your website, and those links can bring both referred traffic and a higher ranking on search engines. They provide fresh content related to your organisation or business – the type of fresh content that search engines love.

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