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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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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

Catchafire works with 8,000 nonprofits and 43 funders who anticipate the growing need for immediate and long-term assistance , especially relating directly to COVID-19 and is tapping its volunteer community for responsive health and human services. . hours of community service.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. If the Salesforce Mobile SDK is utilized, it can work together with this as well. should also be considered.

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Networking Your Nonprofit: Security and Telephony

Tech Soup

Next, look to protect your donor, client, and project information across your entire network of "endpoints" (desktops, laptops, and servers) with Symantec's donated enterprise-level security software. This usually means setting up a second server to back up data as you work, or configuring a NAS to serve as a backup.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

Actually the biggest need was for laptop bags to serve as suitcases for refugees. The organization looks for opportunities to serve disadvantaged communities wherever it can. Nancy Jo's and CACRC's work in frontline disaster relief was featured in Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas For A Small Planet" series.

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

Tech Soup

They do this work so capably that Microsoft Community Affairs has commissioned them on multiple occasions to refurbish and send their computer donations to NGOs and schools all over the world. InterConnection now supplies RCI with warrantied laptops and desktop computers that go to nonprofits and libraries in the United States.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to do a Webinar called " Social Media for Trainers: A Bag of Tricks " over at the Engage 365 Online Community site. But what's even better is that this wasn't an isolated training, it was part of an new online community called Engage365 which runs on a platform called " Conference 2.0 ". Know of any?

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