Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Businesses often promote corporate volunteerism among their employees by offering paid time off to volunteer or volunteer grants. Anyone with an internet connection can be a virtual volunteer.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. CACRC is an social enterprise in that it does not need to rely on grants to keep operating.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Many of these people told us this was the first financial help they received.”

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Oversees Millennium Challenge Corporation’s signature grant investment vehicle to reduce poverty through economic growth. World Central Kitchen. Millennium Challenge Corporation. Foreign Assistance Agency. Robert Opp.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Carrie came to ALS from the Red Cross, so she brought all her crisis and disaster communications management skills and knowledge to the Ice Bucket Challenge as the campaign went viral and the donations came flooding in. “It felt like when I managed communications at the Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

You can purchase a gift or card that provides AIDS grants in Ghana, Rwanda, and Swaziland. Give a copy of Love Letters from the South , a beautiful photography book that pays tribute to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The proceeds support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and. Join the Red Campaign.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. There was a significant disaster response effort, which then turned into recovery and rebuilding efforts that are still ongoing. “Be a Learning Organization.”.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2018

Like other areas of disaster relief , wildfires, particularly in California, have becomes an increasingly common occurrence. But, when you examine disaster-related funding in the last five years, funding directed at wildfires is $13.1 million, while hurricane-related funding totals $480.6 Perhaps length of time. Perhaps not.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

And, because HandsOn Connect is built on Salesforce, it can be configured and extended to meet the specific needs of the nonprofit, including the all important reporting for stakeholders, grants, and federal programs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Harnessing Databases for Disaster Relief. David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. After the hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people, online survivor registries began appearing on multiple websites. CRM for Nonprofits: CiviCRM and NetSuite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Granted, any initiative must go beyond cool, and must not be done solely for the cool factor. Objective : Provide lifesaving assistance during the natural disasters that occurred in China and Myanmar. Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season.

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