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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. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once. That is no longer the case.

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Resources & Support for Japan Earthquake

VisionLink

For general information on recent disasters, go to the RedCross Newsroom or to main FEMA site. Along the western coast of the USA, 2-1-1 call centers were engaged providing information to the public; we are proud to support this work directly in San Diego , and the Bay Area with CommunityOS software.

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Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts.

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Pangea Foundation Spotlight: Disaster Relief Communications Hub

Tech Soup

As you may have noticed, we've been writing tooklits and guides , conducting webinars , and blogging about different ways to plan and prepare for disasters and emergencies over the past couple of weeks. They initially created it in response to the October 2007 wildfires that destroyed land and homes in and around San Diego.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? This is a great example of how events like the apps breakfast help social change app developers get feedback on the spot from the nonprofit community. Increasing Community Engagement.

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New Customer 211 San Diego Presents at AIRS

VisionLink

We are pleased to welcome 211 San Diego to our VisionLink network. If you are planning on attending this year''s AIRS conference you will be able to enjoy a number of worthwhile workshops from these good folks at 211 San Diego. It will be an honor to support their work! Tuesday, May 25, 2:15pm – 3:45pm) IS-700.a

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. Tagging communities or unbounded networks that might come to life around a tag are not new.

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