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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. As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times.

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Telework Cool Tools: SlideRocket

Tech Soup

We regard it as a TechSoup green product donation in that it makes it easy to for people to communicate easily regardless of where they are, thus making telework more manageable. An example is the nonprofit Hoshyar Foundation ’s beautiful presentation about educating girls in Pakistan that went viral and got 2,000 to 5,000 hits per day.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. established groups on SMSall in Pakistan. GREEN to 6363 to get your sapling.”

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Building Refurbished Computers with Volunteers at InterConnection

Tech Soup

During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. I was going to list all the countries where they send computers, but it’s just too long. Suffice to say that they’re a leader in the U.S.

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Virtual Meetings: 5 Tips for Nonprofits Working Across Time Zones

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is color coded – red is when participants would be normally be sleeping, green is normal business hours, and yellow is bumper time. ” I remember working with a cohort of grantees in Pakistan which is 12 hour time zone. You can easily identify the overlap windows.

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400 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

Don’t Worry: Last Minute Green Gifts Are Here! Don’t Worry: Last Minute Green Gifts Are Here! Bears in Pakistan need your help this Christmas. Time Is Running Out to Give Green. Time Is Running Out to Give Green. Time Is Running Out to Give Green. Your Holiday List with Green Gifts for Everyone.

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