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Rapid Employee Relief in Disasters: How companies can provide timely and compassionate support to employees in their time of need

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When disaster strikes, timing is everything, and the best kind of relief is the kind that comes fast. Disaster relief organizations understand that needs begin before the storm arrives, through evacuation orders, and last until homes are rebuilt or are safe to inhabit. They can appoint an in-house team to lead the effort.

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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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Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions

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This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Many of these people told us this was the first financial help they received.”

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Oversees Millennium Challenge Corporation’s signature grant investment vehicle to reduce poverty through economic growth. World Central Kitchen. Millennium Challenge Corporation. Foreign Assistance Agency. Robert Opp.

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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Carrie came to ALS from the Red Cross, so she brought all her crisis and disaster communications management skills and knowledge to the Ice Bucket Challenge as the campaign went viral and the donations came flooding in. “It felt like when I managed communications at the Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina.”

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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Changing the Present Facebook application offers nearly 1,000 meaningful $1 gifts from hundreds of leading nonprofits, so you're sure to find something that moves you or your sweetheart. You can purchase a gift or card that provides AIDS grants in Ghana, Rwanda, and Swaziland. Join the Red Campaign.

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

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In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco. By: Melissa Hill-Dees, Founding Partner of HandsOn Connect Cloud Solutions.

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