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Sharing the Experience of Disaster: Colorado Floods

VisionLink

Our hearts and minds go out to all those now beginning the difficult work of recovery--in this flood--and in the other disasters that occur in this nation and around the world every day. Douglas Zimmerman VisionLink www.visionlink.org (Note, you can learn more from our disaster maps at boulderflood2013.communityos.org

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Finding the Right Nonprofit Partner Before Disaster Strikes

Connection Cafe

When looking for the right nonprofit organization to build a disaster relief strategy with, there are going to be a few questions you must ask yourself: › Is this for a disaster that has impacted my company directly? There are typically two kinds of nonprofit organizations that assist in local disaster relief and resiliency.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: National Wildlife Federation. The power of social media really proved itself for us when the Gulf oil disaster first hit mainstream news, it was our web and social media presences that helped disseminate news and information to keep people up-to-date in real-time with our work on the ground. Name: Danielle Brigida.

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Disaster Relief Memo to Fundraisers: Lessons for Sandy from Katrina

Tech Soup

Domestic relief organizations of all kinds are no doubt mobilizing to support disaster recovery (read Molly's post 7 Tips for Quick Response During a Time of Need ). What portion of it may be attributed to the disaster-based fundraising? There is ample data available on the impact of a disaster on overall fundraising.

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4 Key Ingredients to A Good Story: How to Tell Compelling Nonprofit Stories

Bloomerang

Were they impacted by a major natural disaster? No matter what that change is, keep in mind that your audience is looking for a clear lesson or takeaway in the story you’ve shared. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet.

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Remember.

VisionLink

I like the way they looked down from the sky And didn''t seem to mind the way I cried And didn''t say, ''Now wipe away those tears,'' Or, ''Tell us, tell us what''s the matter here!'' The second was for the New York Disaster Interfaith Service Network, and the 9/11 Recovery Worker Coordinated Assistance Network.

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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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