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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it. When a disaster strikes, individuals, communities, philanthropy, and entire nations often rise to the occasion, providing relief and humanitarian aid. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once.

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Join Us for Local and Virtual Events This Week With Social Media September

Tech Soup

Istanbul, Turkey: Net2Ist Eylül Bulu?mas?: Wellington, New Zealand: Going green with social media - #net2welly Social Media Sept (1 of 3). New York, NY: Using Text Messaging to Achieve Your Mission. Morrisville, NC: Social Media for Social Good. Raldolph, VT: Social Media Surgery for Nonprofits in Randolph. nda Sosyal Medya.

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40+ Unforgettable Live Auction Items that Sell Well

Bloomerang

For instance, a Thanksgiving meal basket could include a coupon for a free turkey, a bottle of wine, charcuterie ingredients, and fancy dinner napkins. A Christmas basket could feature rare ornaments, chocolates, a mug, and hand-knitted stockings.

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Getting Insight from Facebook Insight Requires Sense Making Skills

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The green represents people talking about. In the example above, I discovered a turkey in the canyon. Look for the Patterns. I check my insights monthly against my editorial calendar. The first step is to look at the visuals on the dashboard. The blue represents weekly reach.

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Confessions from a Donor: I Didn’t Donate for 10 Years, but Now I’m a Sustainer.

Connection Cafe

Even though I get my news every morning from the great Morning Editions hosts, Steve Inskeep, Renee Montagne and David Greene and spend my days listening to This American Life, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and TED Radio hour, it’s never really crossed my mind to donate.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. The Tools, Thoughts and Things one can Do with a little Time and Hardly any Resources blog lengthy post entitled, Village Green vs Walled Garden , talks about the challenges of getting desktop office applications users to switch.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

The Modern Nonprofit

So, HTTPS and a green lock showing don’t alone prove that the website is legitimate, but a lack of HTTPS is a dead giveaway that inputting any sensitive information into this site is unsafe! Keep in mind, hackers can buy security certificates, too. Ekin Sisli is the Director of Systems Engineering at Flipcause.

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