Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Drones also show promise for delivering goods to rural or disaster-stricken areas that would otherwise be inaccessible. Tracking storms.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. The more detail you include in your fundraising plan template, the easier fundraising will be throughout the year because you’ll always know what to do next with no more guessing or DIY disasters. Many founders do.)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood , author of, Take Command , weaves together hard-learned lessons in leadership and teamwork from his experiences in college football , as a former Marine sniper and as cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon -- a disaster relief organization that unites military veterans with first responders deployed to areas hit by natural disasters.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 11, 2021

Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. But founders can launch a startup like Instagram without prior experience in photo sharing. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. Speed Traps. Help Wanted.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

Providing technology training to United States military veterans looking to transition to civilian jobs. On the blog you can find coverage of their work with global partners on projects that range from using to technology to prepare students for academic and future professional success to helping communities cope with disasters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2011

This type of having fun and doing good I expected when I accepted my job, but it has been more rewarding than I imagined. Red Crossers Jenny Brennan, Wendy Harman, and Seth Spiro checking Twitter and other social media in the Disaster Operations Center in Washington, DC Photo by American Red Cross. Photo by Geoff Livingston.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts. Photo: Roger Burks ( Elliot Harmon , CC license ).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Streetfootballworld supports a worldwide network of organizations in well over 50 countries.The photo above is of one of their programs in Brazil. The organization offers professional development and job placement, as well as intercultural and interreligious education. Aiding People in Times of Crisis.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. Photos: InterConnection.org. I was going to list all the countries where they send computers, but it’s just too long.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Livingston - listening is everyone’s job, might start with social media person or dept but eventually want to make sure everyone is out there and closing the feedback loop. survey in room: most prevalent is 20 hours/week with other job duties. but didn’t stop doing photo contests; instead they adapted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2007

Flickr photo from Carmello. s a big job and you???re The intent of the Red Cross venue is to give visitors a taste of the atmoshpere in disaster areas, how hard it can be to reach a relieve post and thus try to raise commitment to the organisations work. "Measuring ???engagement??? engagement??? re not sure where to start."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. Web Worker Daily describes five new jobs of the Web2.0 Hence, they're pretty lousy photos. Commentary on the data here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

Photo by Eurleif. What's the cost of being one click away from disaster?". Ning has a fiduciary obligation to make the company profitable for the shareholders and you want to make sure the 98 employees remaining on staff can continue to keep their jobs for a long time. I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I learned a thing or two about the importance of basic infrastructure and processes - I'm my own IT department so I have a disaster plan. I'm going to see if Lionel does as good a job at customer service as Frank does.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The event happens in the week leading up to Mother’s Day and provides a platform where anyone can build a heartspace with text, photos and videos to show their love for their mother, an important woman in their life, or even people that inspire them. It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

Then, as now, drawing comics for a living was a stressful, physically taxing, creatively exhausting job. And work — as in, they get the job done and keep the creative process moving forward. Photo courtesy of US Forest Service This photo was taken just yesterday. These 22 panels are designed to “always work.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

However, to localize it, Stephanie incorporated Pakistani imagery, including a photo of Arfa Karim, the youngest female Microsoft ‘expert’ in Pakistan, to represent fly. My indicator of success for capacity building and training projects is that I’ve put myself out of a job. There is also an self-assessment exercise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

Define something small and tangible - whether it be a flickr photo contest or exploring the content related to your organization's issue and identifying 10 friends or contacts. Because the international community and media have failed to respond to this environmental disaster, they are bringing the campaign to the Social Web.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Nice job Bud Light, you know your audience. . I understand it was meant to be funny, but seeing it filmed similarly to an ASPCA or a disaster relief commercial was distasteful (especially because it’s 5G and a first world problem). I was unaware we turned a corner on Guy Fieri, but I also didn’t know Crocs were cool.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

Learning to use text fundraising now will help your organization pivot and raise emergency funds quickly in the event of a natural disaster, global pandemic, or other crisis situation. Reach Out Honduras also does a great job of using mobile fundraising tools to invite people to their fundraiser.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For example, if a natural disaster strikes, your nonprofit may need to bypass certain steps to get rapid support from donors. To cut through the noise, you’ll need to create eye-catching photos and graphics that capture and hold supporters’ attention. Learn More! What are the steps for creating a digital marketing campaign?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Photo by Christine Beddia. Does it take a natural disaster to change a culture? And while almost 1/3 had policies, there were still questions such as “How do get social media out of the silo of one person’s job description and encourage others to participate.” Never try to change one. Thankfully no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

It is my job to continue thinking how to keep goals and return from sinking. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. Everyone likes photos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

One of our main considerations in moving was disaster preparedness. In fact, we had two moderate quakes on the very first day of our data center move - a compelling reminder of just how important disaster planning and preparedness is. Plan for disaster. Photo: orangebrompton. Why We Moved. What We Moved.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Photos matter. How did you hear about Steve Jobs’ death? When it comes to TPS, surprisingly Jobs’ death ranks #5. The more significant the event or location, the more photos, tweets, status updates, blog entries we create about it. Newspapers know how to present information. They’ve had enough years to refine their art.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Well, in 1990, I got a chance to work for the governor of Minnesota and I realized I didn’t want that job. So our job together anymore is to simplify what has become complex, whether that is because of the pandemic or the work you do is more challenging than ever, or the populations that you walk alongside are more stressed than ever.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

And certain sectors have done a better job of distributing and diversifying their fundraising during the rest of the year. Vote For Your #1 Nature Photo by Midnight. Reminder – __ Online Event – Disaster Ignored – December 4th. All the Email Subject Lines. Last-minute gift. Your support can change lives.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Here’s the truth: When you ASK, you’re more likely to receive than if you don’t ask, even if you don’t do a great job of making the ask. We see this a lot after natural disasters when hundreds of thousands of people need aid. If you have photos or videos of Mr. Fuddles and his human that’s even better! That’s good news!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

I think they did a great job of trying to give people 10 actions, but a lot of it was "Change your light bulb," or "Buy a Prius." He'd been going around the country looking at everything from disaster sites, to CEOs of corporations, and seeing how people were empowered from the ground up. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Whether the tasks power autonomous weapons systems raining disaster down on slum districts or else power geographic data for humanitarian agencies that provide aid to such disaster zones is knowledge not available to the workers. Nothing about the tasks in and of themselves reveals their purpose. becomes Playment’s property.’

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