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Building a Resilient Nonprofit Organization Through Proactive Risk Management

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021. Whether it’s property damage from a natural disaster, or human-caused events like embezzlement, cyber-attacks, or allegations of misconduct, a proactive […].

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Microsoft's Windows Azure and Disaster Response

Tech Soup

What few are aware of, however, is that the Windows Azure platform also has the capability of serving communities that have been affected by disasters. How, You Ask? The flexibility offered by the Azure platform lets users customize the tool to suit the nature of their emergency and the immediate needs of the affected community.

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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. It would be easy for community foundations to back away from giving days in the wake of the Kimbia disaster and similar problems that plagued Minnesota’s popular Give to the Max Day in 2013. In Columbia, S.C.,

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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Date : February 19th, 2011. Location : San Antonio, TX.

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Safe & Well in Troubled Times

VisionLink

National Public Radio broadcast one of those riveting stories they do so well, in part from a disaster shelter where the Safe and Well system was being used to reconnect friends and family. With more than 100 tornados across the nation these past few days, there are many people looking to find news about their loved ones.

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Technology Toolbox: Learn from Occupy Wall Street to Occupy YOUR Street

Amy Sample Ward

The revolution may not be televised, but no matter where you are, you can now have a front row seat to the broadcast. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. Online Homebase. One key element is the use of an online homebase.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

Qgiv

While not at the same scale as broadcast media, communicating the needs of your organization, as well as how donors can help today, is important. In a similar way, the war in Ukraine has funneled support dollars to international relief organizations since Russia’s invasion at the end of February.