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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. Meanwhile, European philanthropy is spending just 5% on climate-related funding. Climate change funding is increasing dramatically.

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Research Friday: Attention Philanthropy: The Good, the Bad, and the Road Ahead

ASU Lodestar Center

To celebrate my very first blog post, I decided to be brave: I will introduce an emgerging concept: “Attention Philanthropy” (AP). I define AP as philanthropy that is primarily concerned with getting donors and supporters to pay attention to a certain cause. These books have given him a large and intense fan base.

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Strategies to Manage an Online Crisis

Care2

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to share my best tips for managing an online crisis, with Allison Fine, for a podcast on the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Of course some mishaps are bigger then others and can damage your reputation among important stakeholders like your activists, donors, and volunteers.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1) It has been used in disaster relief, for example, in Pakistan , and other scenarios from London Tube strike to election monitoring to mapping crime incidents Atlanta. (2) 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom.

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Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report | Nonprofit.

sgEngage

The coalition includes the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , GuideStar USA , the Foundation Center , the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics , the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Blackbaud. billion in total giving for Haitian earthquake relief.