Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. Their volunteers already do trainings in the libraries. It was not an easy road for Nancy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

They're also currently involved in a very recent disaster relief effort from Hurricane Isaac. This kind of transparency demonstrates how web mapping can enhance a nonprofit's or library's online presence.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. " New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Shoot outside, and you’ll find that even the slightest breeze can sound like a hurricane on video. For more on video production, visit TechSoup's Digital Storytelling Challenge and read recaps from a variety of events with experts on creating great video for nonprofits and libraries. Others are handheld. Photo: Photochiel.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

" Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina. In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, social media has exploded, and its potential for use in crises was clear after the Haiti earthquake. One person can post a message.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2006

bekka writes about volunteering at the Algiers Regional Branch Library in New Orleans where she sorted through books that thousands of people sent to the New Orleans Public Library System after Hurricane Katrina. Sarah Lynn Seaton participated in a Women Build with Habitat for Humanity last May in Knoxville.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Yohannes Gebregeorgis "Moved by the lack of children's books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads , bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children." Liz McCartney "Dedicated to helping Hurricane Katrina survivors in St. Her nonprofit St.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Maybe your organization helped over one hundred hurricane survivors find temporary housing. Your letter must address what your donor wants to know and what warms her heart. Tell the story of one person or one family. That’s great! But human beings have a hard time empathizing with a hundred people at once.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Hurricane Katrina LA4 / News Muse / CC BY-NC-ND. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources. This month, we're examining the landscape of DIY blogging.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

The US projects are an interesting mix - several in the gulf coast as a result of Hurricane Katrina. So school or library-specific projects were and continue to be attractive to donors.

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