VisionLink

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Like no other-- the Visionlink toolkit is based on the experience of nearly 300 disaster recovery operations, including the nation's largest natural disasters. Community Cleanup also captures response data to highlight scope and scale of recovery needs. The new package under the tree this holiday season? The best part?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 30, 2021

Relief funds offer a vehicle to provide much-needed financial assistance to individuals during unforeseen disasters and personal hardships. As a starting point, the elements below provide a brief overview of some of the essential regulatory requirements for disaster and hardship relief funds: Charitable Class. Grant Criteria.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Comprehensive website security includes an entire suite of tools to shield against data breaches, service disruption, and malware infections. Data Breaches. It’s not uncommon for companies to lose millions due to a loss of sensitive data. Most times, data breaches are caused by user credentials that have been compromised.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

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VisionLink

MAY 18, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced more than $200 million in new funding for states, territories, and tribes to build local capacity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and related crisis services."

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Because nonprofits deal with donor, volunteer, partner, sponsor information, and market and social data, a sustainable backup solution is essential to maintaining these resources over time. Contel Bradford, a writer for StorageCraft , shares his tips for determining whether your data backup method is giving you the most.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Join us as we celebrate the individuals behind the life-enhancing services of 211 call and contact centers nationwide! 211 is the most comprehensive source of information about local resources and services in the country. Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available.

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VisionLink

APRIL 16, 2014

We believe that organizations should be compensated for the creation, organization, maintenance, and updates of community information data, especially in the nonprofit space. Moreover, raising money specifically for data management is much more difficult than raising funds for particular causes.

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VisionLink

APRIL 14, 2023

Did you know we support crisis/988 lines, 211s, disability and aging service agencies, social determinants, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and pet and animal welfare organizations? Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. What could we connect for you?

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Whether they are communicating by phone, text, or chat, or through public facing directories of resources and services, or through translators and assistive devices, these specialists perfect the art of listening well, understanding the expressed needs and the needs that may not be so easily apparent.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Visionlink offers advanced, expertly-designed solutions including volunteer, gifts-in-kind, situational awareness, client intake, case management, and other modules for disaster response. As we know, the most effective disaster relief solutions are those that are used every day.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. About Compassion Services International. Provide Resources For Donors.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It can help farmers get better prices by making market data more freely available, and optimizing logistics chains. AI can also help parents get real-time data about their child’s progress, and recommend at-home interventions. It can even help researchers create new versions of crops that are drought-resistant or more nutrient-rich.

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VisionLink

APRIL 26, 2012

Pleased to report that the VisionLink team, and on behalf of FEMA a team from IBM Global Services, are completing their work building a two-way, automatic data exchange between the National Shelter System deployed by the American Red Cross, and the Shelter System deployed by FEMA. Redundancy counts, too.

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Data Disaster Map National 113

Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. Learn more Safeguard program and participant data Secure data management Having a secure data environment is imperative.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

We all hear a lot about data security these days — from state, federal, and international data privacy and protection laws to consumer demands for privacy. As your association grows and collects personal information about your members, you simply can’t afford not to protect your member data. 2 Best practices for data security.

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VisionLink

MARCH 23, 2020

Available Now: covid-local.org Visionlink's data science partner, Talus Analytics, has been working with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Bio team, the Center for Global Development, and the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security to create an authoritative guide for COVID-19 response.

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Public Guide United States Disaster 130

Candid

JUNE 8, 2021

This omission has led to an overall increase in the number of cyberattacks , making protective IT software and cybersecurity crucial to protect sensitive data. If your organization lacks a robust IT department, you might want to consider outsourcing many of your IT services. Want to learn more?

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Interoperability Made Real: Open Referral’s Data Standard for Resource Directories Visionlink is dedicated to data standards and data exchange as a necessary part of supporting successful communities. In the community services market, we have converted, migrated, and exchanged more data than any other provider.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 7, 2009

This week was a bad week for online blogging services. First the blogging service JournalSpace , with hundreds of users, just, well, died, because they didn’t have a proper backup. These are two fairly small, fairly low-profile services (although SoapBlox is considered an extremely important part of the progressive blogosphere.)

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

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. Having an agreement with another organization in an alternate location to provide services from there. Here's what they said.

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VisionLink

APRIL 24, 2010

We discuss various components of the work, and several key benefits including: - Saving money and resources - Better information and better decisions - Improved data quality - Improved service delivery - Access to real time data - Competitive advantage Dr. W. Douglas Zimmerman President & CEO VisionLink'

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VisionLink

APRIL 28, 2010

Using this year of the Census as a kick off, we are pleased to integrate US Census Bureau data into our mapping layer. This is the same module that allows our customers to display the locations of their clients (or sub-sets of clients), and the location of relevant community services as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” What does the data say? There are opinions and there is data. I prefer to show actual data and suggest what may be or may not be happening in the nonprofit sector.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Deliver funds quickly and offload the administrative burden of managing payments with Bonterra’s Disbursements Service. Measure impact according to your company’s specific needs with drill down and self-service dashboard builder capabilities. Having alternate approvers within the workflow has also made such a difference for our team.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Cloud service associate, Gabriel Csanalosi of Tech Impact frequently receives questions about cloud security when nonprofits adopt Office 365. Cloud services typically provide an option of secure transmission, either by a virtual private network or secure shell layer. Disaster recovery. Administrative privileges.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Donors want to help when disaster strikes, but they often don’t realize how long disaster recovery can really take. Donors often contribute toward disaster relief when the news of the disaster is fresh, but months or even years later, the recovery is still in progress and a variety of needs still require funding.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2012

Curious about how and when to back up your organization’s data? Wondering how the cloud fits in with your nonprofit or library’s disaster recovery plan? Sam Chenkin, product manager for npCloud, discussed all of this and more in our recent webinar, Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud. Disasters Big and Small.

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Disaster Product Library YouTube 50

sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2022

From natural disasters to economic uncertainty, sometimes it feels like today’s grantmaking organizations have to be ready for just about anything. Super Session: Maintaining Flexibility and Service Levels When Demand Spikes. SPEAKER: Jason Kelliher, Principal Consultant with Customer Success Services, Blackbaud. Sign up today

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

2-1-1, the phone number used by millions to access information about community services, is celebrated nation-wide today, February 11th. Cross-sector data exchanges improve community response during emergencies. Nonprofits sharing 2-1-1 resource information are reducing data management costs, freeing up resources for client services.

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Community Blended Analytics National 238

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 20, 2023

With more than three decades of experience in disasters and humanitarian assistance with data management solutions, we would suggest that efficient and effective relief operations need to organize around a central registry or clearinghouse. Mental health is an acute need after a disaster like this. The main lesson?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

But are you handling this data properly to prevent a data breach? This post is by no means exhaustive — after all, every nonprofit handles different sorts of data, and each organization has different security needs. Oftentimes, ransomware will encrypt your data, preventing you from accessing it. The Problem.

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VisionLink

JUNE 24, 2014

The sessions engaged leadership from the Centers for Disease Control , National VOAD , Facebook , Target , FEMA , Health & Human Services , Homeland Security , United Way Worldwide , Operation HOPE , the US Chamber of Commerce , GE Healthcare , American Red Cross , Booz Allen Hamilton , and many others.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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