Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Photo credit: UNICEF. Photo credit: UNICEF. Build resilience to better prevent, respond to, and protect children from crises, including new approaches to end famines, protect children from climate change, and reimagine disaster spending: • Consign famine and food insecurity to history. Reimagine disaster spending.

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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. How can we do that?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. "One person can take a photo. What if we could route the 9-1-1 type requests to the appropriate responders?

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

DAFs present a lower barrier to entry for donors who can then activate their funds to mobilize disaster relief aid, complement a community foundation’s discretionary grantmaking, or fill existing funding gaps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. The Surprising Truth About Disaster Donor Fatigue – guest post by Alson Carlman, Global Giving. Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? It will surprise you.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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. Photo: Random McRandomhead , CC license.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2020

While your organization may have an unusual level of success with a particular tactic, relying too heavily on one or two fundraising tactics can lead to disaster. Photo Credit: Yandle The post Developing a Tactical Fundraising Calendar for Your Organization first appeared on The Fundraising Authority.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. One of the scenarios where it's especially important to be able to handle unusually high amounts of traffic is after a disaster, which is why Second Harvest Japan decided to host its Emergency Response Portal in the cloud.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Today the status of "disaster area" came home. Boulder and surrounding counties are federally declared disaster areas, impacted by days of heavy rain turned into flood waters. On this map you can find photos, real-time tweets, shelter locations, weather, road reports and more. You can find it at BoulderFlood2013.Communityos.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. They maintain a standard number of posts per day for optimal performance. They also have a keen focus on the broader environment, ensuring their content is relevant and appropriate to the moment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2009

Have you ever checked out TechSoup's Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit ? It's a good place to turn for any organization whose tech infrastructure has suffered a disaster, natural or otherwise. Even if you haven't been impacted by a disaster , your input is still important. Photo: Random McRandomhead , CC license.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

In the face of humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the generosity of individuals often shines through, leading to a significant influx of donations. Include impact stories and photos showing how their support made a difference. However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Photo provided directly by the CORE team. Photo featured on the Hope for Haiti website. Team Rubicon mobilizes veterans to offer their services, skills, and expertise to people preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters. . Photo featured on the Team Rubicon website. Facebook: CoreResponse. Hope for Haiti.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2016

An Instagram Photo and Video Essay. A photo posted by Nonprofit Organizations (@nonprofitorgs) on Oct 17, 2016 at 5:01am PDT. And though they were all quite busy running around working on behalf of animals worldwide, they took a moment for a group photo. . by Heather Mansfield. HagueDayTrip. This one of donkeys caught my eye.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Photo storage & sharing sites like Dropbox.com E-mail sites like Gmail, Yahoo mail, or hotmail Video Conferencing providers Website hosting sites Social Media How can the cloud simplify IT? It is a network of servers that allows you to access applications, files, data etc. What are some examples of services on the cloud?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We've compiled a list of organizations to which you can donate to support these efforts as well as some disaster recovery resources. Oxfam International's disaster relief teams are assessing the extent of the damage in the Philippines and deploying water and sanitation materials. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

ShelterBox USA had a very busy year, due to the sheer number of natural disasters that struck in 2017. They kept their followers informed on a per-disaster-basis through video shared on Facebook. “We Despite its success, the ShelterBox USA video had just two photos from Harvey in their video and one satellite shot of the hurricane.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Thought folks might be interested in reading the Humaninet blog from Gregg Swanson who will be blogging and uploading photos to the Hnet Flickr account via a satellite connection at a disaster response exercise in Asia put on by ADRA Asia. Blog: [link] Flickr: [link]. They probably already know about each other's work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Flickr Photo by Su Lin. Disaster giving is not a zero-sum game. Giving to disasters does not take away from other nonprofit causes. Disaster giving has provided some temporary relief to the situation. Sustainable Donors Over Disaster Donors. The focus must be on sustainability — not the next disaster.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Impacts to Society.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Most times during a disaster, the survivors do not have power, so your blog isn’t for them, it is for the people on the outside who want to help them. They also set up a wiki. Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Tips from Sara 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. ” At the time, Chuck was a staff member for Historic New Orleans. It underscored the idea that nonprofits, like your family, should have a disaster communications plan. My colleagues at Big Duck have put together a terrific webinar on this topic for this Friday. Be specific.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Their use of joyful photos of individuals or small groups helps personalize the program descriptions, as does highlighting an employee’s efforts, like those of Margaret Mary Debre, PoP’s Lead WASH Coordinator in Ghana. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great. Natural Resource Defense Council.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Photos, videos, selfies, and personal stories allow us to embed emotional content in fundraising campaigns. What photos and videos can you use to tell your campaign story? Tip 2: Use Photos to Create Emotional Impact. Consider how the photo subject will reinforce the fundraising campaign message.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Actually uploading photos to Flickr doesn’t require much time, but shooting digital photos, editing them, and then properly adding them to Flickr sets and collections with tags and titles can become time-consuming. Time and resources permitting, you can then expand to also using tools like TwitPic and Facebook Photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

It heart breaking to read and see photos of the human crisis in Katmandu (and historic national landmarks in rubble ) and on Everest, but even more to read accounts of the great challenges facing aid workers to reach the rural areas. I shared this article on Facebook and it sparked an interesting discussion.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever. Google has quite a few apps and services for backing up your photos, music, and other files to the cloud. You can upload your phone or tablet's photos to Google Picasa directly from the Gallery app in Android. It includes: apps. browser bookmarks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. For nonprofits that have staff members or volunteers in the field, definitely encourage them to send in reports with photos for blog posts. Be sure to insert and bold the questions in the blog post, keep answers limited to two or three paragraphs, and always include the expert’s photo.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever. It also backs up photos and videos from your camera roll. Time Machine is a built-in backup program in Mac OS X that works with your Mac to automatically back up your system files, applications, accounts, music, photos, and more. More Resources.

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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. OWS has made the economy and political process a personal issue, inviting people around the US and the world to put their story on paper and share a photo of themselves with the story online.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Just a few short years ago, technology in disaster response was a different animal all together.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

Except in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, clickthrough rate drops off when UNICEF-USA posts to their fan page more than 3 times per day. Clickthrough rates skyrocket during disasters, providing the best possible opportunity for fundraising. > Download the full e-Book for Free.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 28, 2020

Photo: Crash red text between blue binary data on screen by Marco Verch under Creative Commons 2.0. All of the reports I have around the country is that it’s been a disaster,” said Paul Merski of the Independent Community Bankers of America. April 27, 2020; Washington Post. Bankers have been locked out most of the day.

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

They did after 9/11, during the financial crisis in 2009, after local disasters, and they are doing so again. During times of crisis, Americans roll up their sleeves and volunteer. Track and share the impact that volunteers had prior to the pandemic – and innovate new ways to track impact now.

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