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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

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Thousands of volunteers have offered to assist in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies. Due to the ongoing uncertainty of Hurricane Irma, other states will be added as necessary.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

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We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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NNTSP Applies Relief Work for Hurricane Sandy

Tech Soup

Several of the NNTSP partners are combining efforts for a response to Hurricane Sandy. Aidmatrix is taking needs from NNTSP members and publishing them, as well as partner NNTSP video blogs and other accounts, on government and industry portals that use Aidmatrix’s technology to publish real-time relief data.

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Federal Hurricane Response Widget

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Federal Hurricane Response widget is a web tool designed to help share information during a major emergency with links to authoritative federal government sites on how to get help; finding friends and family; health and safety information; how to donate and volunteer; and a summary of what the government is doing.

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How You Can Help with Disaster Relief

NonProfit Hub

Hurricane Florence finally made landfall over the weekend, ravaging the Atlantic coast with devastating winds and torrential rain. It’s a great way to get involved if you’re unable to volunteer your time on-site. Reach out to a relief organization before showing up on the site. Raise money. Volunteer, even if you’re far away.

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Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Google's Hurricane Sandy map currently shows areas with power outages.