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.* Skills-Based Volunteering. hours of community service.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 3, 2021

What has been your biggest technology disaster this year? By now, most of us have heard about the lawyer who couldn’t turn his cat “filter” off on a Zoom court hearing, so that he appeared in virtual court as a cat. My goal is to design virtual experiences to be as inclusive and participatory as possible. Except when it isn’t!

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The idea of virtual board meetings has been around since conference calls first began. Creating these relationships in a remote or virtual environment was once thought to be impossible. According to the latest report by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , i n the first half of 2020 more than $11.9 Cameras on.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

With this in mind, employee engagement professionals transitioned their volunteer events into a virtual setting with little to no experience beforehand. While virtual volunteering may have been a viable method of engagement for nearly two decades, it really wasn’t on many CSR teams’, employees’, and nonprofits’ radars until now.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

1) Virtual Events Are Here to Stay. In response, we saw an explosion in the number of events that made the pivot from in-person to virtual. Many of these virtual events were born from a spirit of innovation and resiliency from organizations that were forced to evolve in a matter of days and raise much-needed funds in new ways.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Many CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) professionals have shifted their employee and community engagement strategies as the world shifted to virtual and socially distanced work. We also saw this trend in our industry report as CSR professionals stepped up with disaster relief campaigns that specifically supported social justice.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Cloud services typically provide an option of secure transmission, either by a virtual private network or secure shell layer. Disaster recovery. However, this level of security is only pursued when legal privacy is a major issues, such is the case with doctor-patient records, according to HIPAA regulations.

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Blue Fox

AUGUST 17, 2020

Natural disasters. We applaud all of you nonprofiteers for a quick pivot to digital fundraising, virtual events, and redirecting your focus on personal donor communication strategies. Business closures. A contentious election year. All of these make for a super challenging fundraising environment.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 5, 2015

Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. Sometimes the communities you serve are affected by disaster, and there's also the chance that your own organization could face some sort of disaster. 3D printing.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. What little remains we will mirror up to virtual servers somewhere, possibly Amazon. Here's what they said. Have a plan, of course!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

“ 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. Communicate clearly and regularly.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Aside from the necessity of virtual fundraising due to the pandemic, there are plenty of other bonuses to fundraising online. With virtual fundraising, it’s also much easier to expand your reach. From standard digital donation forms to peer-to-peer fundraisers , there are a wide variety of ways that nonprofits can fundraise virtually.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

Whether it’s raising funds for a disaster relief effort, collecting school supplies for underprivileged children, or gathering essentials for a local shelter, this versatility makes them adaptable to a myriad of causes. Themed Drives Create a donation drive around a specific theme, aligning it with your nonprofit’s mission.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Offering virtual volunteer opportunities helps many nonprofit organizations connect with new audiences and grow their reach beyond their local communities. Make your volunteer program inclusive.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

Disaster Relief Efforts In times of natural disasters or emergencies, nonprofits can quickly rally support using text-to-give as a rapid response tool for gathering donations. Large screens at the event can display the number to text, along with real-time fundraising totals.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 14, 2020

Hybrid events, events that include both in-person and virtual elements, have been a rising trend for the last several years, but restrictions on gathering in recent months have made them a possible solution for current or future events. . For the virtual component, you will want to make sure you have all the right technology in place.

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

DAFs present a lower barrier to entry for donors who can then activate their funds to mobilize disaster relief aid, complement a community foundation’s discretionary grantmaking, or fill existing funding gaps. Nearly all (99%) respondents said they reach out to DAF holders to encourage them to keep their accounts active.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

Virtual events have allowed planners and organizations to proceed with their planned events in a way that allows everyone to participate from the safety of their own homes. Event planners should consider: Investing in a Virtual Events Platform. One solution has emerged that seems, for the moment at least, to be filling the gap.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Virtual work and migration of work to home and/or transitory space. Disaster fund preparedness.” . 2] Further insights about COVID-19 giving in FYE 2020 and FYE 2021 can be found in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. You can watch the video here as well as the human curated resources shared and a Copilot created summary transcript here. Below is my fully human-generated reflection.

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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. Corporate donors can help nonprofits elevate their work unlike virtually any other type of financial supporter. They maintain a standard number of posts per day for optimal performance.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From natural disasters to economic uncertainty, sometimes it feels like today’s grantmaking organizations have to be ready for just about anything. This need for flexibility is reflected in the grantmaking track at this year’s virtual bbcon, Blackbaud’s Tech Conference for Good, happening October 17–20. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2:15 P.M.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

A few weeks ago it was announced that due to the rise of COVID-19 cases and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, the World Economic Forum 2022 — set to take place in Davos, Switzerland in January — will be held virtually. Despite the event being virtual, Davos Codes is going ahead as planned.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

And ignoring it can lead to innumerable headaches, stress and even disaster down the road. But for as many hackers as there are operating in our virtual world, thankfully there are even more good guys helping the WordPress community keep their sites and safe and secure. Commit to doing regular backups.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

They did after 9/11, during the financial crisis in 2009, after local disasters, and they are doing so again. How many clients are they reaching, even if virtually? How many have participated in virtual training to enhance skills and maintain readiness for when doors reopen? Hours alone won’t cut it.

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

But it’s a hallmark of human experience that when disaster or tragedy strikes, we evolve in response. Virtual Hugs, Chantal. Those of us who successfully break up with COVID-19 and end our internal toxic relationship with all that it brings will be better for it in the end. I know that sounds trite, naïve even.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

Virtual Food Drives: Break Bread Digitally. In a digital world, it should be no surprise that virtual food drives are not only becoming more popular but more lucrative. To level-set, virtual food drives allow supporters to, instead of bringing physical food items to a location, raise money for your food bank. Data is great.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Reduces the need for expensive investments in technology infrastructure Reduces the need for maintenance Reduces the need for support.if

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Forj

JUNE 17, 2021

Leaders from more than 100 associations responded to the survey , rating how they did adapting to everything from remote work environments and virtual conferences, to embracing online learning platforms. One strategy to improve resiliency that leaders often pointed to was the need to be nimble.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 3, 2020

Virtual events have allowed planners and organizations to proceed with their planned events in a way that allows everyone to participate from the safety of their own homes. Event planners should consider: Investing in a Virtual Events Platform. One solution has emerged that seems, for the moment at least, to be filling the gap.

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AFP Blog

JULY 22, 2015

Virtual Reality Could Be the Next Big Thing in Charitable Giving | Smart News | Smithsonian : "Poon reports that activists and filmmakers are experimenting with virtual reality technology with the goal of creating stronger connections between would-be donors and the communities they could help. via Blog this'

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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. 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 tone of every communication was positive and respectful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 26, 2022

Since then, Arctic Basecamp has returned to Davos every year except for 2021, when the annual meeting took place virtually because of the pandemic, with an expedition tent acting as a workplace during the day and a dormitory at night. These youth citizen scientists began tracking fauna and flora and developing responses to natural disasters.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference offered a good chance to discuss one the most important -- but geeky -- developments in the world of computers and networks: server virtualization. In a nutshell, virtualization technology allows many computers to run concurrently on one server, each believing it's the sole occupant.

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Tech Soup

JULY 10, 2013

Create a virtual drive space that is preserved when the system is restored so users can save files and folders for permanent storage. What it does: Schedule automatic restorations for a variety of intervals: on reboot; at logoff; when a computer is idle for a period of time; at end-of-day; or every hour, week, or month.

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Whole Whale

MAY 17, 2023

You’re in the middle of organizing that virtual fundraiser, planning a crucial advocacy campaign, or just trying to catch up on your email backlog, and there it is: another forward from your boss, bursting with the latest and greatest in artificial intelligence (AI). First – our apologies if your boss just forwarded this to you.

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