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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. " Saskatoon Public Library's support is just one of many examples of public libraries supporting disaster preparedness and relief.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Your annual report should communicate the success of your organization and its financials in a concise, visual way. Full disclosure: This is from our founder George, who also co-founded PowerPoetry.org , the largest teen poetry platform in the US. It can be tough to find the right balance between information and overload. Power Poetry.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Virtual Volunteering

Connection Cafe

Is this decision based on previous relationships or new issues caused by the disaster? Even if you don’t have a cause focus, providing employees a small, but vetted list of nonprofits to give and volunteer with during times of disaster takes the burden of researching off of their hands and gets help to the nonprofits faster.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mobile can’t be this separate tactic or channel in your communications strategy. You need to ask and answer the same questions you would for any communications, marketing, or fundraising strategy. Qwerty Monsters are teens, age 13-17, who have gone mad for texting on their mobile phones. What is your objective?

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

Now that you’re back in the office, digesting all of this new information, are you wondering how to prioritize action steps or communicate best practices to your peers? The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. John Hancock maintains open avenues of communication so they can discuss these kinds of challenges, and formulated the program’s award process with this in mind.

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