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Assessing Risk: A Quick and Intuitive Framework

Forum One

Earthquake or Hurricane High Clear communication of upcoming touchpoints, meetings, and activities needed from key staff ensures critical team members have an understudy. Class: Fires, Quicksand, Hurricanes, Earthquakes. Hurricane = Something that can be seen coming, but is not yet causing harm. Plan for Hurricanes.

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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. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos.

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How to Leverage Celebrities for Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

» Tuesday Apr 10 2007 How to Leverage Celebrities for Fundraising Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10:26AM | by Heidi Bucheister Understanding what attracts donors is vital to effectively appealing to an existing donor base or to expand the base. Celebrities? It seems that celebrities tend to give a campaign an extra edge.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while for some giving regularly is a matter of time and attention and for others it may be a limited budget and giving in micro-donations, cash gifts of very small amounts made with one or two mouse clicks like the Salvation Army's Red Kettle Campaign or the Wellwishes Campaign. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month.

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The ALS #IceBucketChallenge Is Just Beginning| How to Thank and Convert +2 Million New Donors

Connection Cafe

During my 4 years at both the local and national level, I worked on several disaster operations— from the house fire in the middle of the night to some of the most devastating hurricanes to ever hit the US. Run an appreciation campaign on social media at the 6 month mark that celebrates the success of the campaign. Track results.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. One charity:water stakeholder has singlehandely raised $50,000 to celebrate his 50th birthday. To celebrate, you can create a video about a special teacher who inspired you. Good Reads: Online.

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Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. In addition, nonprofits are competing for donors attention in a dismal economy, which many fundraisers have not had to face before. Also, I think its important to celebrate smaller milestones since they are now as challenging as the larger ones were last year.