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Google Alerts for Your Nonprofit: Why You Need Them and How to Set Them Up

Bloomerang

If you’re like most nonprofit professionals, you’re too busy focusing on your day-to-day tasks to search the internet for mentions of your nonprofit. It doesn’t make sense to have one staff member scour the internet every day for new articles and events. Do you have the time or resources to find out what people are saying?

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Why Building Resilient Networks Matter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. They had no internet access and – most distressingly for me – no phone service at all.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. apps Backing Up Data Cloud security Using the Web and Internet nonprofits mobile phones cloud computing privacy data'

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. This isn’t the only first aid application out there, but the expertise and trust that the Red Cross inspires will likely make it many people’s first choice. Hoping for more?

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. This isn’t the only first aid application out there, but the expertise and trust that the Red Cross inspires will likely make it many people’s first choice.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

Qgiv

Ever since the advent of the internet, the retail landscape has changed drastically. In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Wishlist drives.

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