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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. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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How You Can Help Haiti Relief Efforts

Qgiv

Last weekend, the island of Haiti was hit hard by not one, but two, natural disasters. The good news is that no matter how far you are from Haiti, you can still help those impacted by these disasters. Global Impact acts as an advisor, intermediary, and implementing partner across the private, nonprofit, and public sectors.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

Integrate a matching gift search tool directly into the donation process. Companies Are Prioritizing Disaster Relief and Crisis Response. In a recent study, corporate giving efforts accounted for $405 million in contributions related to disaster relief. Ensure staff can answer donors’ questions about matching gifts.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

We review the flurry of news stories, press releases, and announcements, and we actively search websites to identify and record grantmaking data. While we recognize that a global crisis fuels a global response, as a U.S.-based Candid also alerts the cohort of nearly 900 funders who share their grants data with us.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Social media in disaster response. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. Nonprofit advantage for future of Twitter and Search. There are so many resources out there that hopefully this list will help filter and curate for you! 100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. Journalists using social media in Egypt.

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The Guardian Reports on TechSoup Global/Guardian Charity Data Seminar

Tech Soup

seminar that TechSoup Global hosted in collaboration with The Guardian. Some key highlights : Marnie Webb, co-CEO and Paul van Haver, director of global services at TechSoup Global, highlighted the need for charities to help transform the way they engage with and. of their communities. help the public. the privacy issues.

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What A Pandemic Teaches Us About Innovation and Corporate Giving

Givinga

COVID-19 showcased the huge opportunity for companies, on a global scale, to play a more pronounced, proactive and impactful role, through impact innovation. It’s impossible to predict when it will be needed, but when technology and tools are ready to be activated, companies can respond to any disaster type at any time.

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