Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Target’s Disaster Relief CSR Program Globally-known company Target launched a disaster relief program to showcase its commitment to helping in times of crisis and humanitarian need. They recognize their global supply chain can move quickly, enabling them to be on the scene at disaster sites to provide supplies and volunteers.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty . Global CTO, Tech for Social Impact. Global Movement.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the US in 2005, TechSoup has created and maintained content specific to nonprofits, libraries, and charities on disaster planning and recovery. Many nonprofits and charities are incorporating mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets in their organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. I next attended a session on global biodiversity, and ended up talking to two of the three speakers afterwards about our Miradi project and about the software idea from my friends at Waste Concern. Today was an example of this.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Even before our current health situation arose , technology has been the leading method of engaging employees in today’s society. The challenge – how do companies create meaningful volunteer opportunities for their global employees that engage, connect , and create impact? Global Volunteer Programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. Micro-grids that can both be coupled and decoupled from larger grids are within technological reach.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

We discussed disaster response within a global company, the changing world of work and how it’s changing volunteering in the workplace, and how companies are expanding opportunities for customers and stakeholders to join their social cause support. Business is the warehouse for technology talent and innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

President, Global Hematology and Oncology, Celgene. Stefani gave an overview of health care technology trends and some projects that Google is working on. They are increasing grants to certified centers and chapters are investing more in local needs, caregiver programs and access to assisted technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. And the same applies here: that it is the people that come first, not the technology. There are two types of media we will look at here: direct and indirect content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

This is a really great use of technology to reach a younger generation of victims who might be more comfortable in an IM session than a phone call. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. E-waste and access to technology to those who could not otherwise afford it. Check out their MySpace page. Donations can be made here.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

When it comes to solving for the dramatic impacts it has on our world, the connection between corporations, community and technology is critical. The private and public sectors can offer resources and build technology, but to scale in a meaningful way, these solutions need to take into account the nuances of local community needs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 2, 2006

I don't know if it is that we're halfway through the 00's , or that it is over 4 years since 9/11, or that Hurricane Katrina put extreme poverty on the evening news, but it feels like America is waking up from a long sleep and somehow becoming more conscious of the country that it needs to become.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. Birgit Cameron, the global director of Patagonia Provisions, is passionate about the integral role that nature — and specifically soil — will play in saving our planet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Getting Started in Nonprofit Technology. Early in his nonprofit career, David became the founding director of the Eastmont Computing Center in East Oakland (now called the David Glover Education and Technology Center ). He and his team provided technology classes to hundreds of youth, adults, and seniors every week.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

It's much cheaper for the consumer; it's under a dollar a gallon to fuel your vehicle with electricity as opposed to gasoline, so there's a real consumer incentive to support this technology. They need to put the money into making the battery technology available, but they are claiming that they can't do that.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m really pleased that we’re focusing on technology. We haven’t focused on that yet in the program, and I know it goes without saying that with COVID and shelter-in-place, technology is front and center for all of us, even in ways that we didn’t imagine. So that’s what today is about. And you might recognize that word “Idealware.”

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Using Mobile SMS Technology to increase individual smoking cessation success. Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. Cool Factor : Txt2Quit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. The conference will showcase NTEN's new book about mission-driven technology. NMC Future Symposium explore applications of techology that could impact issues of global importance over next five years or more.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Her idea is now a reality.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

But the bottom-line: Cracks are showing everywhere in our increasingly unsustainable economic and environmental global order. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

How do we stop violence and how do we eradicate poverty in our communities, and uplift people, and how do we also do that in a way that respects the environment, that looks at innovation, and that addresses issues like global warming and peak-oil and environmental racism? How do we build new visions and programs that serve everybody?

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