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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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Microsoft HelpBridge: A Disaster Response App

Tech Soup

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It describes different ways that nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology for disaster contingency planning.

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Apps for Disaster Planning

Tech Soup

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. She is a poet, an environmental activist, and a nonprofit management expert with a masters degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. Their volunteers already do trainings in the libraries.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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BUT, what if we did invite the public to provide situational awareness such as telling us about the elderly people on a hill? What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact? One person can post a message.

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Make Your Fundraising Mobile with Connect2Give

Tech Soup

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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Volunteering Can Be Good for Your Job

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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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