Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Your nonprofit’s mission is likely the same as it was when your organization began; to make an impact and to effect change, whether locally, nationally or globally. You’ll be able to free up internal resources and worry less about what to do if disaster strikes when a server dies.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Those of us in developed nations are fortunate in some ways that great amounts of data are available -- data about our people, places, and activities. But for many people in the world, especially in developing nations, the data simply isn't available. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Of course he does great work leading the organization's national digital strategy, and they have plenty of work to do. Image three: Microsoft Imagine Cup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. That means two copies of your data, in two different places (maybe one local and one in the cloud), and accessible by two different people. How to Protect Your Data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 15, 2010

Where possible, purchasing materials available locally is also a boon to the local economy in the wake of a natural disaster." It will take a long time for Haiti to dig out from this disaster, and the long-term volunteering needs will become more apparent as the month (and years) pass." Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Since its founding, Fashion Project has expanded to serve over 500 nonprofits, helping provide valuable funding for disease research, humanitarian aid, sustainability initiatives and disaster relief. LEADERS WHO ARE TRANSFORMING THE MEDIA INDUSTRY. Another film, Body Team 12. THE LATEST RESEARCH ON MILLENNIALS AND SOCIAL GOOD.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Matthew Perdoni also invited everyone to the Independent Sector Embark National Conference in late October in Miami. Good 360 has been around since 1983; it provides product donations to charities and libraries and also to victims of disasters. Image 1 : Michael Clark / CC BY. Image 2: Independent Sector. spanhidden

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

" Ushahidi has since supported critical information gathering to provide a picture of human needs for many natural disasters, political violence, and human rights violations. Ushahidi has developed multiple software tools now that are in use in well over 100 countries and dozens of local languages. Image : Olga Berrios / CC BY.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

211 demand is growing 10 percent year over year, according to the founders of Reach , a text-answering app for the national health and human services helpline. The Community Resilience Platform also pulls together important information for citizens, but specifically in times of disaster. Image 1 : Caravan Studios / CC BY-NC.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

In the last few years, national and international nonprofits have begun to adopt it as another channel that donors can use to contribute. Bitcoin's instant transfers can make an immediate difference in funding the efforts of nonprofits with very time-sensitive missions, such as disaster relief. " Quick Donations.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 17, 2015

Since its founding, Fashion Project has expanded to serve over 500 nonprofits, helping provide valuable funding for disease research, humanitarian aid, sustainability initiatives and disaster relief. Leaders Who are Transforming the Media Industry. The Latest Research on Millennials and Social Good.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

If you’re like me and particularly like services that offer a Dropbox style local folder on your device which is mirrored in the cloud, those include: MediaFire , Copy.com , Google Drive , and Microsoft SkyDrive. Images: TechSoup,and Shutterstock. Google Drive. I’m told that Copy.com has unusually good security.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

A school supply drive can help your local schools provide quality education to all children, especially those from underserved communities for whom school supplies are a major expense. Could your local high school do with some new textbooks? Donation Drive Ideas. School supply drive. Book drive. Household items drive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

They remind me a lot of Rod Beckstrom's ideas that I posted earlier about IT support following a disaster. The two places I looked for mechanisms are the (1) United Nations APELL program (Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies on a Local Level) and (2) the U.S. I thought her comments would be worth posting.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2014

Americans of all ages donate their time to schools, churches, hospitals, and other local nonprofits in an effort to improve their. Everyday, people across the country mentor students, beautify neighborhoods, help older Americans to live independently, restore homes after disasters, and much more. Image: Shutterstock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

Next year, we hope to develop Entoure’s presence online to provide a truly virtual counterpart to their cycle and fitness events so that our online supporters and friends of the cyclists can experience all the effort in preparing for the ride and they 400km/3 day challenge itself – with blogs, videos, images, live commentary, audio interview.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Students would complete an online competition that would serve as qualification for a local competition. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition. Disaster Response. International Disaster Community of Practice. Vote for this Idea]. Contact Infromation Directory for Int.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

You could look at their past giving, their philanthropic interests and tendencies like whether they support local agencies or only give to organizations with a national profile. We didn’t practice, and all of that equaled disaster. I’m looking at a lot of the images that I have here. Put that out of my mind.

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