Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

at 12:02 am Two use cases where I think Twitter makes a lot of sense: 1) disaster and emergency situations and 2) direct action/civil disobedience organizing where distributed and decentralized communications can be very helpful in reacting quickly to new information. 3 Seth Schneider 04.15.08

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

And, while we can certainly see the outpouring of support during moments of heightened awareness, such as after natural disasters, there may be more at play to the sector’s current state of affairs. To that end, there has been a great focus on communication and stewardship of donors to further increase giving.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law. " "We are using Office 2007 for our daily office work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It can also work well for nonprofits that respond to natural disasters or crises. As with Facebook in 2007 and Twitter in 2008, the early adopters began experimenting with location-based communities in 2009. Location-Based Communities (Facebook Places, Foursquare): 5 to 10 Hours Weekly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

First launched in 2007, PIMCO’s original volunteer programming was limited, supporting 23 events across various business locations. Whether by leveraging employee match, deploying disaster assistance funds or investing in local non-profits through our local grants program, we leverage our resources to contribute to society.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

million donors include: Online giving continues to grow rapidly even in the absence of major disasters, which fueled the growth of online giving for relief and animal welfare organizations in 2005-2006. Interesting key findings based on research and information from over 9.5

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. Since May 2007, he and his crew have aided thousands of victims at 15 sites across the United States -- free of charge."

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . World Central Kitchen. Prior to Salesforce, he worked in financial services as managing director and global head of marketing in iShares and Index Investments at BlackRock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. Nonprofit Use #1: Events and Conferences Since those early days, hashtags have been used in different ways by nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

What's the cost of being one click away from disaster?". This includes many, many schools, community groups, and grassroots nonprofits that embraced the free service since it opened its doors in 2007 and will now be forced to pay, or relocate their communities, or say farewell.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

million donors include: Online giving continues to grow rapidly even in the absence of major disasters, which fueled the growth of online giving for relief and animal welfare organizations in 2005-2006. Interesting key findings based on research and information from over 9.5

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Online giving in response to Haiti was higher than all previous disasters and demonstrates that the Internet is a first response channel of choice for donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

And then, on December 6, 2007, everything changed when my friend Susan Reynolds was diagnosed with breast cancer. Our food bank went into disaster relief mode and has been coordinating food donations to evacuees who fled to the Central Texas area. Without the help of food banks and disaster relief agencies, they would go hungry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Technology in the Arts is accepting session proposals for its October 2007 conference. Deadline March 23, 2007. Check out this disaster simulation game from the UNISDR called Stop Disasters ! Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC. here , using the ICT4peace tag. Social Media Blog points us to column by Walter S.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

If participation was my mantra from 2007-2011, community has been my mantra since then. Whether you think that''s incredible or a disaster depends on your point of view. A black box with people crowded around, talking and sharing and making and doing. I know we''re doing something right when community members are arguing about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. Integration is the hot button topic, as noted by Holly Ross in her " Integration is King " post. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. With so much information coming out, how we can get our message out and heard? How do we effectively use and not abuse privacy? News coverage is a major driver of giving.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It may be great for a natural refuge to remain hidden, but that sounds like a disaster for a restaurant or museum. In 2007, I interviewed digital artist Jason Nelson about his work creating strange games and he talked at length about the beauty of working with hidden things and creating intentional "weirdness."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 8, 2017

Cross-sector collaboration can be defined as partnerships between nonprofit, private, and government entities working together towards mutual goals to produce change (Simo & Bies, 2007). The Role of Nonprofits in Disaster Response: An Expanded Model of Cross-Sector Collaboration. When the U.S. Polletta, M. 2016, May 12).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Emily Weinberg has some terrific notes from the "Branding Through Websites: Building Your Brand from the First Click" Heather Carpenter summarizes what she learned from the Disaster Planning for Nonprofits session. NTC 2007 Pipe. Tim Fullerton gives us a quick review of the NTC as a first-timer, as does Marc Sirkin.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts. Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters. Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Wendy Harman, Red Cross Wendy will share a story about how they used metrics to refine their social media strategy for their Online Disaster News Room Presentation Key Points. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters. general disaster-interested public. . set audience.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

Six self-selected nonprofit organizations agreed to contribute their fundraising performance data from 2007 through 2009, including: Alzheimer’s Association, Arthritis Foundation, Autism Speaks, LIVESTRONG, March of Dimes, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

Tags: Blackbaud Index , Fundraising , Online Giving Similiar Articles Blackbaud Index for November 2010 Blackbaud Index for September 2010 Blackbaud Index for October 2010 Blackbaud Index for February 2011 Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Next: 2011 donorCentrics (..)

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. For the responding organizations in the International sub-sector, 60% expect an increased budget. Among grantmakers receiving more applications, 49% intend to increase their budgets in 2011.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2013

Overall giving has not yet returned to pre-recession levels achieved in 2007. Disaster Giving. - This is the third consecutive year of increases in giving, a period of growth that began in 2010. Sector Giving Trends.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

decrease from 2007 ($83,034), after adjusting for inflation. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. Average total giving to secular causes was also down in 2009 to $46,852 from $71,200 in 2007, a decrease of 34.2%. This is a 34.9% consulted accountants, 40.8%

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

Tags: Online Giving , Privacy & Security Similiar Articles PCI Compliance Webinar Support Disaster Relief in Haiti Blackbaud NetCommunity 6.15 – Release Preview 5 Myths about Online Giving Blackbaud NetCommunity v5.5

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Tags: Blackbaud Index , Fundraising , Online Giving Similiar Articles Blackbaud Index for September 2010 Blackbaud Index for October 2010 Blackbaud Index for March 2011 Blackbaud Index for February 2011 Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: What’s Different One Year After Haiti?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Tags: Blackbaud Index , Fundraising , Online Giving Similiar Articles Blackbaud Index for November 2010 Blackbaud Index for September 2010 Blackbaud Index for March 2011 Blackbaud Index for February 2011 Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: Top States for Loyal & Wealthy Donors Next: 3 Nonprofit Predictions (..)

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2011

Tags: Big Ideas , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , NTEN , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0 (..)

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

Tags: Blackbaud Index , Fundraising , Online Giving Similiar Articles Blackbaud Index for November 2010 Blackbaud Index for March 2011 Blackbaud Index for September 2010 Blackbaud Index for October 2010 Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Next: 25 Largest Online Fundraising (..)

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Whether you’re raising money to clean up a community after a natural disaster or you need it for animals with life-threatening issues at an animal shelter, mobile fundraisers meet donors where they are and capitalizes on that contextual giving. To drive more donations, it’s a good idea to set a specific fundraising goal.

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