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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once. Thinking big on climate change There is good news.

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Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit: 3-Minute Evaluation

Tech Soup

Have you checked out TechSoup's new Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit ? We've updated and expanded our downloadable book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery , and hosted two webinars on disaster planning.

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Pangea Foundation Spotlight: Disaster Relief Communications Hub

Tech Soup

As you may have noticed, we've been writing tooklits and guides , conducting webinars , and blogging about different ways to plan and prepare for disasters and emergencies over the past couple of weeks. This is, in part, because September is National Preparedness Month.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W. United Nations Development Programme. Dale Bannon. Corporation.

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New Customer 211 San Diego Presents at AIRS

VisionLink

We are pleased to welcome 211 San Diego to our VisionLink network. If you are planning on attending this year''s AIRS conference you will be able to enjoy a number of worthwhile workshops from these good folks at 211 San Diego. It will be an honor to support their work! Tuesday, May 25, 2:15pm – 3:45pm) IS-700.a

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What are the most effective ways Nonprofits/Foundations can use Twitter #hashtags?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to the Twitter Fan Wiki , hashtags were popularized during the San Diego forest fires in 2007 when Nate Ritter used the hashtag "#sandiegofire" to identify his updates related to the disaster. Nonprofit Use #1: Events and Conferences Since those early days, hashtags have been used in different ways by nonprofits.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

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. Connecting People to Vital Services.