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TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs

Tech Soup

As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The nonprofit sector in Japan has a major role to play now in providing services and support to the devastated local communities. About TechSoup Japan.

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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. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Donation Drives: Catalyzing Change Through Collective Giving

Greater Giving

It serves as a dynamic platform that harnesses the collective generosity of people to address pressing needs, support meaningful projects, and uplift communities in need. Collaborative Events Partner with local businesses for collaborative events where a percentage of sales go towards your cause.

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Empowering Young Voices Globally in the Fight for Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

In the past five years, the Davos Codes program has seen students involved in a variety of projects, including learning to code, using VR technology to design spaces to provide shelter and education for young displaced people, air quality monitoring, and learning about the global impact of plastics. STEM Classes Leading to Tangible Action.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

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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Candid and COVID-19: Getting information to a world in crisis

Candid

There was also a large manual component to identifying COVID-19 funding data—several people actively searched press releases, websites, membership reports, surveys, and local news for references to COVID-19 grants and pledges; coded that information; and uploaded it to the database. Our communications lead was developing messaging.

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