VisionLink

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Together, with the help of countless disaster relief initiatives, we will get back on our feet! Our thoughts and prayers go out to the dozens who lost their lives, their families, and to the many more recovering from what appears to be the 5th most serious hurricane on record.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Often when we talk about the cloud, we talk about the different services we can get in the cloud — for example Google Apps, Twitter, or Dropbox. And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. I love twitter, which in some ways surprises me, and in some ways doesn’t. Sure, why not.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2009

It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The HashTags site, a centralized directory of hashtags on Twitter, also offers a good definition: Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. The internet is not new.

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2009

Today, Twitter was shut down by a denial of service attack. Even if they couldn’t tweet their status, Twitter was able to post to their information to their blog and get information out through print and new media outlets. Tags: Tools ddos disaster media social twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Twitter: twitter.com/nwf. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Twitter was the most useful for connecting with individuals. Organization Size: 400 employees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

I mentioned a twitter tool called Group Tweet that let you create groups on Twitter. Last week, Techcrunch reported on a privacy disaster that exposed people's private messages suggesting Group Tweet was the cause. Crowd status was created by Darren Stuart who wanted a way to view a group of people's twitter statuses.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Add your voice and send feedback to the FCC!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. The “leaderless” organizing of the Occupy Wall Street movement has helped avoid strategic arrests or censorship but has also prompted a powerful use of social technologies. Online Homebase.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2010

I did a little Twitter coaching and connected him with others who might help. This morning, while we were on the phone, Jeff had some good news about Carlos and Erika, but his godson is still missing. Last night, one of my colleagues at Packard Foundation, Jeff Jackson, left this post on my wall. Located the family I lived with in Chile.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Tip: Figure out how your donors prefer to get information and then share your stories that way. How to Protect Your Pets in a Natural Disaster. People are bombarded with information, so it’s increasingly difficult to cut through the clutter and be heard. What to Do if You’re Being Bullied. Arts and culture. Environmental.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2010

2) Via Twitter and #crisisdata hashtag. There will be a formal Twitter chat at 1 p.m. You can also add or comment on the Summit’s aggregated information via the Emergency Social Data Wiki. All of this information is also available at our Emergency Social Data Summit on the American Red Cross blog. EDT/10 a.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). PDT Beth and Allison will celebrate with a virtual book party on U-Stream and Twitter (#netnon). NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide! At 4:00 p.m.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It can be tough to find the right balance between information and overload. 2018’s impact report emphasizes impact with strong, but inviting fonts, and 2019’s report doubles down on that theme with a high contrast black, blue and white color scheme to deliver information via sleek graphics. Girls Who Code. We think that’s a win-win!

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Your supporters will receive a link that provides donation amounts and information about your campaign. From there, donors fill out their contact and billing information on a mobile-friendly form. Invest in a PCI-compliant software platform to ensure your donors’ information is safe and secure. Simplicity of use.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

From August to October of 2011 the craigconnects team reviewed nonprofits by areas of focus to check out how they do social media and found out some great information. Disaster Relief. Check out some of the great data we found: The most talkative category on both Facebook and Twitter are Animal and Environmental Organizations.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2010

And at the time the Haiti disaster occurred in January 2010, the nonprofit had virtually no social media presence aside from the Father Marc’s blog updating supporters of the organization's work in Haiti. million + Twitter followers. By using a bit.ly

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NCE Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a way for people to communicate during a crisis. It is how some of the major charities providing relief and news outlets are broadcasting their stories and information. What steps do you need to take to make sure your agency is prepared for a natural disaster like this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I've already started updating the feeds on the homepage to aggregate Ida-related information, but there are still some tasks to be done. Next, we need to identify useful Twitter accounts so I can begin aggregating them using the new Twitter Lists feature. He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. It harnesses locally based solutions to decrease the effects of disasters and rehabilitate communities in disaster-prone areas. It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Here are a few ways to get you diving in: Twitter. Want to find new followers and receive useful statistics to improve your Twitter usage? It’s easy to use: all you have to do is follow the Mr. Tweet twitter account and messages will be sent to you via DM. Twitter Karma. Try it out yourself! Delicious / Bookmarks.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

If you miss it, potential donors may make decisions based on stale information about your organization. Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2019. Hosted by: Center for Disaster for Philanthropy and Candid. The deadline to update your Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar before #GivingTuesday is Friday, November 15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.”

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Highlights include veteran game designer, Colleen Macklin, who will show how her games with the Red Cross bolstered climate change-related disaster preparedness in Senegal and Nambia, and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, Nick Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, whose work in games, film, and print has made millions aware of human rights issues in the U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

.&# I recently had the opportunity to connect with Marshall to discuss the report and the insights RWW discovered through the process of aggregating and distilling so much information from experts and Web users. Like people generally do, we thought about the impact that Twitter and Facebook were making on the web. It’s amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s either “crowdsourcing is the answer to everything” –or it’s a complaint that social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just “too full of chatter.”. They give community members a very concrete piece of information to take advantage of. They don’t just say, “You’re here now, talk amongst yourselves.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Richard also covers the important area of disaster recovery, a field much talked about in cloud security, which essentially means whether or not your critical data is secure and accessible in an emergency. Finally, I recommend that you check out his section on the biggest threats in the cloud.

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Care2

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Here’s a quick run down on the Netflix disaster. In August Netflix informed its customers clumsily and without an ounce of remorse that they were splitting their streaming service and DVD via mail service into two distinct services, offering a third hybrid option at a much higher price. But I want to address the core question.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Below you'll find a combination of great resources that were submitted, and information I've found useful in my own research on online outreach.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. on our own servers or desktops.

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Care2

AUGUST 19, 2010

The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Crisis Social Data Summit last week, which brought together over 100 influentials (including Robert Scoble) and practitioners from the tech, social media, and emergency response communities to brainstorm how we can use social media to respond better to emergencies and disasters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

She has also been training staff in the disaster response department who in turn used tools like Twitter on the ground from Haiti. It’s a mix of serious and fun content. When not in a disaster, you might see LOLcats doing CPR. A lot of practice on how to move quickly when a disaster strikes.

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