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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

Have interns handwrite thank you notes to VIP members of the community. They can refine guest lists, do community outreach, and help with day-of craziness. Or, let the intern become an expert that can offer help to members in your community fundraising network (like super customer support for your audience).

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. Why Social Media?

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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

There’s no universal date for filing 990s; instead, the end of an organization’s fiscal year determines when its 990 is due at the IRS. Add in six-month filing extensions and IRS processing time, and it can be two years before we receive all the returns for a specific year. A status update on filings.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

"We're a community space; we're here for everyone, and our services and resources are free of charge." " Saskatoon Public Library's support is just one of many examples of public libraries supporting disaster preparedness and relief. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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It’s Giving Season. Here’s how to donate wisely.

Candid

Ask to see the organization’s Forms 990 , which is a tax return that exempt organizations must file with the IRS each year. Find a nonprofit in your community to donate to and support today at candid.org/guidestar. But if this is the case, it is often a red flag.) Make a true impact by giving with your head as well as your heart.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Then the key disaster preparedness concern becomes communication, not system and data preservation. Here's what they said.

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One Click Community Organizing: Instant Portals

VisionLink

Thanks to some serious development effort, we will be able to launch Community Operating System Portals with a click. Does your disaster relief team have the private space to plan and the public tools to get out important bulletins? This is not a small thing. Need to focus on Elder Care?

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