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Management Needs To Plan For The Impending Storm(s)

The NonProfit Times

When severe weather strikes, a nonprofit leader’s first instinct is to help others impacted by disaster, according to Eric Spacek, assistant vice president – risk control at Church Mutual Insurance Company. For All Weather Incidents * Document everything you can with pictures and videos, and store copies off-site.

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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. In this picture of the bathroom (complete with a bathtub brimming full of mud) you can clearly see how high the water level was.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. Since February 24, more than two million people have fled Ukraine.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

With breaking news, it takes time for the full picture to emerge. To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data. Candid’s real-time data is skewed toward large donors from English-speaking nations who publicize their giving. foundations’ giving.

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Top Five Tips from National Volunteer Week

NonProfit Hub

National Volunteer Week 2017 has come to an end, but treating your volunteers well should be a priority each and every one of the other 51 weeks. In celebration of National Volunteer Week, we compiled our top five tips to motivate your volunteers and keep them coming back. It’s simple and oh, so effective.

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It’s Giving Season. Here’s how to donate wisely.

Candid

Do you want to give to a local, national, or international organization? Contrary to popular assumption, these indicators can give you a fuller picture of an organization’s performance than just focusing on what percentage of its budget is dedicated to overhead costs (also known as overhead ratio).

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