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Assessing Risk: A Quick and Intuitive Framework

Forum One

It helps us: Know what to look out for Determine how much energy to put into prevention or contingency planning Build shared language and normalize talking about risk—this makes it less charged or scary Get the whole team looking ahead, communicating about risks, and actively mitigating them. Class: Fires, Quicksand, Hurricanes, Earthquakes.

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Nonprofits Are Adding Bots to their Social Media Teams

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Share in the comments. … Read More.

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

Campaign update: Thank you again for your donation to our hurricane relief campaign! As you draft your messages, focus on incorporating clear calls to action, using personalized language, and appealing to supporters’ emotions. We couldn’t make a difference without you!

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

The conversation must be reset, moving away from how do we do this to why are we going to do this and finally to how do we build from there ? A/B testing can help determine which language resonates and which does not. . We’re setting the stage for a post-COVID world. AC = After COVID. 3 Planning Pillars for What Happens Now and Next.

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Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide

Connection Cafe

Preparation and Resiliency: The talents and expertise are an enormous untapped resource in preparing our communities for natural and man-made disasters of all kinds, whether it’s hurricanes, earthquakes, school shootings, or global pandemics like COVID – 19. There’s an app for that! transcribing historical documents ?and?

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

Participants in the Summit recognized that if we can overcome challenges of verification, duplication, language, privacy, and culture, we will be in a position to empower the public to share valuable information with all of us. As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people." Now they have the tools.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response. Examples from Haiti.

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