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Donate to Hurricane Sandy Relief

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me.

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

Candid

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

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Dreadful disaster stories are still making headlines; isn’t the public tired of giving? Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving.

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Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio

AFP Blog

Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio : Seventeen West Virginia Office of Technology employees are working long hours in Louisiana lending an IT helping hand following what Hurricane Isaac left behind.

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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 easy nowadays to think a disaster is over once it leaves the breaking news coverage and newspaper headlines. Mandatory evacuation orders were enforced in several coastal cities. Keep helping.

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22 Email Ledes That Always Work!!

M+R

And we are bracing for yet another intense, potentially deadly hurricane season. That’s the reality on the ground, as communities on the Gulf Coast try to recover from another hurricane. Rip from the headlines The news is urgent, tangible, and real. Water levels are rising. The heat is overwhelming. TIME IS ALMOST UP!

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Actigiving—The Next Phase in the Evolution of Episodic Giving

Connection Cafe

When there was a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, people made a conscious decision to give to causes that were there to help others in need. Today’s headlines, timelines, and tweets are causing supporters to respond in record numbers for a variety of different nonprofit organizations.

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