Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina , about 22% of total funding went to the American Red Cross (ARC). About 50% of funding at this point for Hurricane Harvey has gone to ARC. Ten years later foundations have learned a lot about measuring outcomes, and technology has evolved to help in that effort.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? How are you measuring commitment and ROI?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

As the city of Houston responded to hurricane Harvey, even small collaboratives like Sketch City , jumped in to help, using their skills to develop a custom app to coordinate volunteers, nonprofits and resources. Social impact at the scale of our problems will depend on partnerships with the business community. Chatterji and Michael W.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Developing: 48%.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

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. That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.)

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

I pursued Convio, because I thought it would be amazing to have a shot at simultaneously building a business whilst positively impacting the world. My wife also wanted me to make an impact in the world and frankly thought the other ideas were boring. I am also gratified by the economic impact we’ve had.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Power : lastly, and very importantly, we see our contributions making an impact. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos. What’s Next?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact. With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. But are our ‘little changes’ actually making the big impact we’ve been promised – or should we do more? by Zoe Allen. Conserve your water.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact. With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. But are our ‘little changes’ actually making the big impact we’ve been promised – or should we do more? by Zoe Allen. Conserve your water.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

But also, when people are in need -- like after Hurricane Katrina, when people relocated to the different cities and stadiums -- local Freecycle members in all these areas were able to go in and work with the Red Cross to get people signed up who had just been relocated to whatever city it was. BB: Is there anything else you'd like to add?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

The impact on the nonprofit was swift and harsh. and around the globe stepped up to express their support by sending donations to organizations providing services to people impacted by 9/11. You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and you’ll want to manage this. Cue the sad music. No earned income from programs. Get organized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. NMC Future Symposium explore applications of techology that could impact issues of global importance over next five years or more. Here's a systems way to think about the impact that such contests can create.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, I had several "ah ha" moments and found a couple of connections for thinking about social media strategy - especially how we address culture change, social media measurement, ROI and the whole larger question of social media for social good. What you measure is engagement and trust.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

A networked capacity building project is where a cluster of grantees learn and practice new skills and knowledge together, skills and knowledge that are needed to achieve longer-term program impact. Use promoted posts to accelerate the engagement of good quality content that you know from previous measurement insights performs well.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

We took August off in the Leadership webinar series, so it feels really good to be back with you and to be back with you with a partner—the first of two webinars we’re going to do with our friends at Tech Impact. And I’ll introduce them, and you’ll learn a little bit more about Tech Impact if you don’t already know about them in a moment.

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