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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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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. More on that in our next blog.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. The basic protocols and roles of successful camps were documented in real time and shared in the cloud. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

What’s our role? If organizations are a part of the solution, a part of the process, what does that role really look like? Instead of asking what’s our role, let’s look at what the opportunity is. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. org before?

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Developing a Panoramic Perspective through Cross-Sector Communities of Practice

Connection Cafe

The first condition is a panoramic perspective or an ability to look beyond traditional sector roles, titles, and stereotypes, as well as profit, to create real societal value. Launched in April 2009 in response to President Barack Obama’s national call for volunteerism, NYC Service is a division of the Office of the Mayor.