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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. Using tweets' GPS, the database can then track where the rack is. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. Image 2: Code for Hawaii, Bytemarks.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

Here are some recent examples of their efforts: Maui wildfires: In August 2023, Target donated $1 million to aid response and recovery efforts for one of the worst disasters Hawaii has ever experienced. The donation was distributed to disaster relief organizations like American Red Cross, Hawaii Community Foundation and local food banks.

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Social Media Game: Kentucky Derby Remix for CNPE Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm facilitating a couple of workshops as part of the Social Media track for annual conference for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Louisville, KY. On the long plane ride back to the mainland, reflected on what work and what didn't in Hawaii. tags: nptech nonprofits ). I'm doing two workshops. My thoughts are here.

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Research Friday: Government contracting part II: Adapting in an era of less

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Our previous post explored the complexities of government contracts, including reporting requirements, payment delays, and redundant systems. States including Hawaii, Illinois, New York, Maine, and many others have developed task forces on government contracting.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. However, due to lags in reporting, that data is two years behind. funders contributed $266.2

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

This year, we have activated kitchens to respond to the volcanoes in Hawaii and Guatemala. Tim helped us there, led our kitchen in Hawaii, and even came with us to Guatemala. We did use EveryAction to create a custom page where we could track donations specifically for Guatemala. We’re always trying to adapt and grow.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has taken few days for Twestival to report on the results. In addition, being able to produce real time tracking reports that showed how much each city still had to work to achieve their original fundraising target would have motivated them and spawned a bit of friendly competition. tags: commentag tweetag ).