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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

" Saskatoon Public Library's support is just one of many examples of public libraries supporting disaster preparedness and relief. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness. The library is a natural place for community members to obtain information on disaster preparedness.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What about Hurricane Sandy? Are people going to give less because they donated to Hurricane Sandy relief? Disaster giving is not a zero-sum game. Giving to disasters does not take away from other nonprofit causes. Disaster giving has provided some temporary relief to the situation. Is it the economy?

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Crowdfunded Campaigns For Nepal Are Huge. Is That A Good Way To Give? : Goats and Soda : NPR

AFP Blog

Goats and Soda : NPR : "Crowdfunding was widely popular in 2012 after Hurricane Sandy. But the magnitude of mini-campaigns for the Nepal disaster is unprecedented, says Amy Sample Ward, CEO of a nonprofit technology organization called NTEN." 'via Crowdfunded Campaigns For Nepal Are Huge. Is That A Good Way To Give?

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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#GMN2016 Annual Conference| Observations from Day 3

Connection Cafe

Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. There was a significant disaster response effort, which then turned into recovery and rebuilding efforts that are still ongoing. “Be a Learning Organization.”. This spirit and creativity is unequivocally needed to address the tough work still to be done.

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. It’s no longer a question of whether the impacts on the environment of our collective human actions over decades will continue to result in more extreme weather, natural disasters, and economic instability.