VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2023

Starting on page 6, with the fact that weather-related disasters are clearly on the rise, it is now increasingly important that our government agencies continue to help fund and guide mitigation and resilience-building efforts. You can find it here: National Preparedness Report December 2022 Here is our take.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. The post Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Susana Garcia is a program director and member of the executive team of On The Move — a community-based disaster relief organization in Napa County, California. Susana and her team of both staff and volunteers are experts at managing disaster response.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Donors want to help when disaster strikes, but they often don’t realize how long disaster recovery can really take. Donors often contribute toward disaster relief when the news of the disaster is fresh, but months or even years later, the recovery is still in progress and a variety of needs still require funding.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Adopting this list of general practices can prevent a data breach: Site transactions and traffic should be encrypted with SSL, servers should be scanned, and permissions should be carefully set for every user group. . Employees should be trained on how to avoid phishing attacks and how to practice excellent password etiquette. .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

As we enter the beginning of disaster season, it can’t help but feel like we have already been in disaster season all year long. And while no one can predict when or where a disaster will occur, data continues to back being prepared over-responding after the fact. Educate Your People on Disaster Preparedness.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore the basics and best practices you can follow to retain existing donors, get them reinvested in your cause, and build stronger donor connections: 3 Individuals and Organizations to Ask for Donations 10 Ways to Get Donations for Your Fundraiser How Can Nonprofits Get Donations for a Fundraiser? Businesses.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While you may never find yourself in a crisis of this magnitude at your nonprofit, you can learn from Southwest’s mistakes and use those lessons to prepare for a potential disaster. Here are a few examples of challenges your organization may face: A winter storm or other climate disaster impacts your local community. What happened?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

For example: If you’re a nonprofit that focuses on disaster-relief efforts in places like New Zealand, then you may want to connect with the Red Cross and begin building a relationship with it. Or you may want to find individuals who are talking about the events around the world where disaster relief is needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

As crowdfunding practices mature and become an valuable part of the nonprofit fundraising toolkit, there is a need to set standards and expectations. Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding by Robert Wu. For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

If you haven't already, check out TechSoup's new Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit. In addition to our free book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery , you'll also find webinars, articles, and links to other information around the Internet.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 27, 2023

“Disasters and crises are inevitable, but businesses do not have to face them unprepared,” explains James Burstall , author of the new book, The Flexible Method: Prepare To Prosper In The Next Global Crisis. Among the advice Burstall offers is that when a disaster strikes, he recommends you look beyond your organization for help.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

With this year being the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, it's a good time to make sure your organization is prepared to remain resilient and keep the doors open to serve your community - whether you face a natural disaster or a simple server failure. Get the scoop on best practices for backup technologies.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Then the key disaster preparedness concern becomes communication, not system and data preservation. Here's what they said.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2022

Several respondents indicated that their organizations are looking into more equitable, trust-based practices, inspiring cautious optimism that shifts in funder practice will take more permanent hold. Others mentioned returning to the pre-pandemic practices: . “We Disaster fund preparedness.” .

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. We at CDP tend to follow the adage that “disasters begin and end at the local level.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

One talked about species extinction, and the other talked about the prevalence of natural disasters. The one talking about natural disasters was responsible for 80% of your donors, and 10% of those donors went on to become regular givers when you asked them 2 weeks later. You’d want to know that right? Parameters in action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. I was thrilled to have a conversation with Devi Thomas from Microsoft Philanthropies.

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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. "We can help prevent emergencies from becoming disasters," said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 6, 2022

While Salesforce is an amazing CRM, it is not an AMS and there was a need to build the association’s best practices on top of the framework. With Nimble AMS, all those best practices are built and baked into the platform itself. This is quite powerful and the only way to ensure seamless upgrades. “We

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The trend of more small and mid-sized companies developing CSR strategies reflects the growing recognition of the importance of responsible business practices across industries. Companies Are Prioritizing Disaster Relief and Crisis Response. They work year-round to provide disaster relief organizations with donations and resources.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. The hardest thing I had to do was go home and tell her that I had no practical means to support our family. Now that “disruption” is a business catchphrase, is “resilience” an equally common term in your professional vocabulary? Then, my customers started calling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

I don’t know about you, but with everything that is going on in the world today – from natural disasters and political issues – I’m frequently being asked to donate to different causes.

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Qgiv

JUNE 28, 2022

No nonprofit is immune to disasters. Whether it be a fire, a natural disaster, a supply shortage, or another unforeseen circumstance, it’s important that nonprofits be able to respond quickly to continue providing the services they offer. What is an emergency fundraiser? How do you prepare for an emergency fundraiser?

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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.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

According to the latest report by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy , i n the first half of 2020 more than $11.9 T his year, due to health and safety regulations related to COVID-19 , in-person gatherings were severely restricted and almost all travel was canceled. However, b oard members were busier than ever.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Deploying a central email security solution and following 10 best practices will help keep your email system protected. Make sure that you keep a backup of your emails, so that if a disaster should occur, you can still revert to your backup. Stop Spam & Phishing Emails. Spam is not only a nuisance; it can also pose security risks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

She has also been training staff in the disaster response department who in turn used tools like Twitter on the ground from Haiti. It’s a mix of serious and fun content. When not in a disaster, you might see LOLcats doing CPR. A lot of practice on how to move quickly when a disaster strikes. Here are my notes.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) As a follow up to their 2020 and 2021 studies, this report delves into data to explore philanthropic giving from the first two years of the pandemic.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Business challenge Challenge interns to create a 10 page presentation that researches an existing problem in the company and pitch practical solutions. Organize that neglected online/offline space Every organization has that room that has become a disaster. Online file spaces on the cloud also have a tendency to devolve into a mess.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I usually take a three-prong strategy for disaster relief. Crowdfunding – the practice of raising small donations from a large number of donors online – raises over a billion-dollars a year, with donations going to support start ups, gadgets, nonprofits, and directly to individuals. They have a fund set up for Puerto Rico.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts. The ideas and best practices generated in 2007 and beyond got their sternest test to date in the aftermath of the 7.0 read more.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This data point alone should prompt nonprofit leaders and gift officers to pause to consider modifications to their fundraising practices in the near term as inflation persists.” Business best practices recommend maintaining an emergency fund equivalent to at least three months (or more) of operating expenses. A cyber-attack?

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VisionLink

APRIL 25, 2012

The purpose is to build on best practices and build capacity of regional organizations to provide coordinated assistance to those affected by a large scale disaster in the LA region. The Coordinated Assistance Network is a membership of more than 1,000 members who work together to provided coordinated assistance to disaster survisors.

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sgEngage

JUNE 17, 2021

Over the last couple of years, as natural disasters continued to pick up in intensity and COVID-19 brought rising income and healthcare inequalities to center stage, Corporations have increasingly been pouring more focus on their own ESG measurements and practices in conjunction with their Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. They support a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs nationwide.

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