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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

Thousands of COVID-19 volunteers and donated essential supplies are matched with states’ needs through an innovative pro bono tech and volunteer partnership BOULDER, CO, April 9, 2020 – Americans are no strangers to disasters. A hallmark of U.S. Our technology suite is in use in dozens of states around the country and more are joining.

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MEET AN ALLY: Iyamidé May

ASU Lodestar Center

Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. Before Public Allies I was working as a program manager for an environmental & infrastructure company in the disaster management sector.

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Clone of MEET AN ALLY: Iyamidé May

ASU Lodestar Center

Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. Before Public Allies I was working as a program manager for an environmental & infrastructure company in the disaster management sector.

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Virtual Volunteer Mobilization Strategies That Can Solve Nonprofits’ Challenges During COVID-19

Connection Cafe

The unique challenge for nonprofits—especially those that rely on in-person support—will be providing virtual opportunities to their supporters to adapt to this new environment. This new environment is an opportunity to rethink solutions to strategic problems and create innovative virtual events that inspire supporters to do more.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Ed Granger-Happ shows off his office server in a carry on bag that disaster relief workers can use to set up IT support in the field.

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Developing a Panoramic Perspective through Cross-Sector Communities of Practice

Connection Cafe

Our organization plays an active role by convening our own network of corporate and nonprofit partners to discuss topics such as trends in corporate pro bono and disaster relief. We also participate in communities of practice ourselves and have observed some particularly successful collaborations over the years. NationSwell Council.

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#GMN2016 Annual Conference| Observations from Day 3

Connection Cafe

He said that this tragic event brought out many heroes to step up and respond when there was a failure of local and federal government. There was a significant disaster response effort, which then turned into recovery and rebuilding efforts that are still ongoing.