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TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs

Tech Soup

As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The nonprofit sector in Japan has a major role to play now in providing services and support to the devastated local communities. About TechSoup Japan.

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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. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Citizen-Powered Response.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. The Calling for 2-1-1 Act, S 211 and H.R.

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Leveraging Engagement to Sustain Our Organizations

VQ Strategies

Back in 2009, early research from the Reimagining Service coalition (and which became the basis of today’s Service Enterprise initiative ) showed that organizations that engage volunteers and do it well are significantly more adaptable , sustainable , and capable of going to scale than others. Know the Research.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network.

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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. If you come across any useful Twitter accounts related to Ida - local news accounts, weather spotters, volunteers, local orgs, etc - please add them to the wiki here: [link]. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

With the recent calamity in Haiti, the NPOs and NGOs that comprise the disaster relief/response sector have jumped into action, mobilizing their staff, volunteers, and equipment to help those affected. Disasters like this, or the events of the Southeast Asian tsunamis, can literally change the shape of cities, countrysides, and coastlines.

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