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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times. Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. The Surprising Truth About Disaster Donor Fatigue – guest post by Alson Carlman, Global Giving. Disaster relief organizations have been working around the clock to respond to seven catastrophic disasters in the past two months. It will surprise you.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

The most recent examples of Candid research using real-time data are the COVID-19 report , produced in partnership with the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) , and updates via our blog about philanthropic funding in response to the Ukraine crisis. The data should not be assumed to be representative of all donors or all grants.

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Our Favorite Articles from Nonprofit Hub in 2015

NonProfit Hub

During the past year, we’ve written articles about fundraising, how to start a nonprofit, the latest social media trends and much more. Click on each headline to read the full article). It’s a chore you know you have to do because if you don’t it could result in disaster, and it’s not really as bad as you think.

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Attention Nonprofit #DataNerds: A Few Recent Research Studies on Data, Technology, Funding, and Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. 2014 Nonprofit Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—North America. The Glasspockets Site has just been relaunched. It has a new sleeker look.

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22 Email Ledes That Always Work!!

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Striving to make storytelling work given the constraints of time, space, the boss’s demands, evolving trends, and how dang hard it is to draw horses. Rip from the headlines The news is urgent, tangible, and real. Climate Has Already Changed, Study Finds, Citing Heat and Floods That’s the headline on today’s New York Times front page.

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Don’t Just Celebrate – Advocate. Getting back down to the Roots of Earth Day: Tips for CSR Professionals

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Earth Day was no exception to the trend of using protesting and collective action to voice concerns and enact change. The National Centers for Environmental Information has been tracking ‘billion-dollar disasters’ since 1980. Trillion in damages.