Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2023

“Disasters and crises are inevitable, but businesses do not have to face them unprepared,” explains James Burstall , author of the new book, The Flexible Method: Prepare To Prosper In The Next Global Crisis. It changed their lives for the better,” adds Burstall.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Through years of dedicated work in disaster response, healthcare, and global aid, the Red Cross has skillfully harnessed the power of storytelling to create an emotional connection with its audience. Create a compelling and profound brand narrative that tells your unique story of transformative change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2021

By: Eric Zuehlke, Head of Editorial, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy, UNICEF and Martha Mackenzie, Global Humanitarian Advocacy Lead, UNICEF. Take urgent action to protect children from climate change and slow the devastating rise in global temperatures. Reimagine disaster spending. Martha Mackenzie.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Even before Facebook helped raise $10 million dollars for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy for Hurricane Harvey relief, Facebook “Donate” buttons and fundraisers created by Facebook users were popping up in the feed with increased frequency. 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. 14% said Twitter. 10% said Instagram.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 17, 2014

Additionally, Social media is a big reason for the globalization of nonprofits, and the rest of the economy. The most talked about nonprofit organizations on social media are about animals Tweets about disaster relief receive the most @mentions on Twitter Nonprofits dealing with animals use @mentions when speaking to other users the most.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Most organizations don't think about disaster planning until it's too late. Since Hurricane Katrina struck the US in 2005, TechSoup has created and maintained content specific to nonprofits, libraries, and charities on disaster planning and recovery. Do you have any experience dealing with disaster recovery?

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

As our users’ lives have dramatically changed, our approach to understanding them must also change. Audience research is changing—along with a changing world—to help us on our quest to better understand audience behavior, needs, frustrations, and successes and ensure products and services are successful.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2013

In times of disaster, social media can provide an on-the-ground view of what's happening, who needs help, and where they're located. TechSoup's Senior Content Manager Ariel Gilbert-Knight details how the MicroMappers apps work in the Guardian Global Development Professionals Network , a blog associated with The Guardian.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. It gives you some control when the external environment is rapidly changing, and people are looking to you for leadership. Now that “disruption” is a business catchphrase, is “resilience” an equally common term in your professional vocabulary?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Foundations, charities report $352 million in 2019 disaster funding. A partnership aimed at addressing the climate financing gap for Indigenous communities has been launched with the goal of mobilizing $20 billion a year by 2030. November 11, 2021. Memorial Sloan Kettering receives $50 million.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Apply Pressure to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 The nonprofit sector is at the heart of helping communities adapt to the effects of climate change and is working across sectors to innovate new ways to address it. Collaboration is key to solving the climate crisis, and cross-sector partnerships are unlocking innovation and systems change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

As a result, not enough funding is flowing to climate change efforts and even less of it for reducing harm to communities most impacted by the climate crisis. . But, as a result of the global crisis, every responsible funder had to adapt and respond to new needs facing communities due to COVID, and many did so in creative ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. View more presentations from Akhtarbad.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

8 Corporate Giving Trends to Pay Attention To Companies constantly change and expand their corporate giving initiatives. The corporate giving trend of partnerships between companies and nonprofits represents a shift in how both sectors approach social and environmental changes. Companies And Nonprofits Are Developing Partnerships.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) As a follow up to their 2020 and 2021 studies, this report delves into data to explore philanthropic giving from the first two years of the pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. The worry about a steep learning curve is more of a mindset change, from letting go of doing the work from zero to 100% and shifting to focusing on the 80-100%.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Climate anxiety is seriously affecting our youth: In a recent global survey of 10,000 young people aged 16–25, 59% were very or extremely worried about climate change, and 83% said they think people have failed to take care of the planet. Creating Lasting Change. – Student participating in the Tokyo Climate Action Lab. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous planning can’t insulate us from the need to be flexible and adapt to the changing world around us. That’s partly because underlying trends that have been driving the nonprofit sector for years have completely changed. 1) Virtual Events Are Here to Stay.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The prize honors social innovators under age 40 who “show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in advancing positive social change” and awards $100,000 to each prize winner split in half between the winner and the organization they are supporting. Winning Combinations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

This week, TechSoup Global and Microsoft Community Affairs hosted the TechSoup Global Contributors' Summit, a gathering of TechSoup Global Network partners , TechSoup product donors, foundational partners, NetSquared Local organizers , GuideStar International partners , and other members of TechSoup Global's extended family.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

To mark the courage and strength of the brave men and women working on the front lines of conflict and raise awareness for those affected by disasters around the world, we’re highlighting 10 nonprofits that are making a difference by driving action and support for aid efforts. Cut poverty off at its roots. Donate | Twitter | Facebook.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If there was ever a moment for a call to action for climate change, it is in the wake of the COP26 conference. The global meeting of leaders, doers, and movement-makers saw new and varied community partnerships and announcements that push traditional boundaries and create cross-sector opportunities for many organizations and communities.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

How has funding for Black communities changed since George Floyd’s murder?” This is the data set we, and others, use to derive information about trends in grantmaking, such as on racial justice in education or funding for disasters. We recognize the urgent interest in analyses of how things have changed in the past year.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Your nonprofit’s mission is likely the same as it was when your organization began; to make an impact and to effect change, whether locally, nationally or globally. The challenge then is to stay true to your mission while taking the steps needed to keep pace in a changing industry. with new technology without a game plan.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management. The more you learn about disaster preparedness, the more badges and points you can earn to become the ultimate San Francisco hero. Additional Resources.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2021

Are you responding to a: Global or widespread situation, like a pandemic or a national/global conversation? Regional situation, like a natural disaster or widespread unrest? Local situation, like local scandals or leadership change? Take a look at what’s going on and decide which parts of your plan to use.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

and globally, including those who work in development, membership, finance, marketing, executive leadership and more. Ashley Thompson, Managing Director at Blackbaud Institute, will dive into the trends that can help us better understand how philanthropy weathers change. This will help mitigate conflicts and last-minute changes. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

Now, let’s take a minute to pause and consider the global trauma we have all just experienced over the last two years: the COVID-19 pandemic, continued racial injustice, wars, natural disasters, increasing hunger and inequity, a spike in homelessnes, and more. A global trauma. Often anxiety is born from trauma.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

One of TechSoup Global's key endeavors in becoming a global organization for social change, was in establishing a new office in Warsaw, Poland two years ago. The news of this disaster is unbelievable. I am sure the strength of character of Poland will come through again in these difficult times.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

Refugees International ’s website, there are currently over 65 million people across the world who are displaced by war, conflict and persecution, and tens of millions more who have been displaced by climate events and natural disasters. Refugees International was founded in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2017

We often hear about the doing good movement in the context of millennials , and oftentimes Gen Z’ers, two generations that have demonstrated substantial shifts in attitude surrounding the belief in their own power to create positive change in the world. So what does this movement mean for your nonprofit’s strategy?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 2, 2022

At the same time they deal with problems ranging from food insecurity to natural disasters, they also need to ensure their members are engaged in local Boys & Girls Club offerings and achieve successful outcomes. – Lorraine Orr, Chief Operating Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of America .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Based on the data we were able to collect from news sources, funder websites, and from funders directly , we issued two reports with our partners at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to help the sector make sense of its collective response. We start with a few caveats. How many relaxed reporting requirements or adjusted grant terms?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

MADRE works in communities that war or disaster have rendered difficult to fund and challenging to reach. As a leader in the global AIDS community, the Elton John AIDS Foundation is committed to overcome the stigma, discrimination, and neglect that keeps the world from ending AIDS. Areas served: Worldwide. Elton John AIDS Foundation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

In our work to advance corporate social change leadership at Points of Light, we have the opportunity to listen to the ambitions and challenges of engagement leaders inside of companies. We started talking about how the field of corporate engagement has changed , and what trends are shaping the future of corporate social engagement.

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