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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once. That is no longer the case.

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5 Ways Nonprofits Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

We all have a responsibility to solve it, and civil society organisations play a critical role. Age UK , an aged-care organisation, is forming new partnerships to educate older people on how to deal with very hot and very cold weather, take advantage of green innovations in their home, and reduce their own carbon footprint.

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Build, Buy, or Customize?

Connection Cafe

I’d encourage these decisions to be made with full awareness of the implications and downstream effects. Customization simply in order to preserve business processes without a greater outcome is a recipe for disaster (as is implementing software without changes to business practices). Think Green. Be Aware of Precedent.

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Return by Danielle Brigida, NWF NWF Description of Case Study While strategy plays an important role within the National Wildlife Federation, initially it was very hard to determine one for our social media presences. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters. set audience.

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. The first example was using mobile to raise awareness and increase a call to action. Provide a product. Be creative.

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10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The combined forces of smartphones, mobile broadband, and location-aware applications will connect us in more meaningful ways to the people, organizations, events, information, and companies that matter most to us—namely, those within a physical proximity of where we live and where we are. We’re doing the same for energy.

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