Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. The Cell Phone Solution: Easy Emergency Preparedness for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Earlier this year, the Network for Nonprofit Technology Solution Providers (NNTSP) organized as part of TechSoup Global, combining their resources to create a national network of local technology capacity-builders serving the nonprofit sector. Several of the NNTSP partners are combining efforts for a response to Hurricane Sandy.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Here are our top nonprofit risk management tips for peer-to-peer events. A waiver is a contract signed by your event guests that states that they won’t hold your nonprofit or its representatives accountable for any damages resulting from their attendance at your event. Instead, pay attention to the local weather.

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DipJar

JANUARY 5, 2022

It means that there is a lot of local competition that you need to be aware of at all times when you are picking out your event dates. You don’t want to end up competing with another local event on the same exact evening. And don’t forget about hurricane season! About the Author. American Fundraising Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. As nonprofits prepare for the upcoming giving season, many fundraisers are understandably concerned about donor fatigue. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M since Aug.)

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Government agencies are often dispatched to address disasters, but so are many disaster relief nonprofits who lend a hand alongside governmental relief efforts. These nonprofits rely on disaster relief donations to purchase crucial supplies, train volunteers, and mobilize their disaster response teams when crisis strikes. Donate funds.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As not all organisations have climate action integrated into their strategy yet, let’s have a look at five key ways the nonprofit sector can help to solve the climate crisis — and concrete examples of intersectional initiatives that are already happening. Every organisation has a carbon footprint, even those in the nonprofit sector.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Nonprofits need support to engage in activities that influence disaster-related policies. Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Corporate giving isn’t just about writing checks; it’s a strategic partnership between businesses and nonprofits to transform communities. The world of corporate giving is ripe with opportunities for nonprofits and companies to join forces and address societal challenges with creativity and determination.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Call 1-800-451-1954 for free help from local relief agencies BOULDER, Colo. – This partnership helps connect survivors with local relief agencies in your area,” said Joe Hillis, operations Director with ITDRC who along with Humanity Road is providing volunteers to staff the hotlines. “We

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

With Giving Tuesday and the end-of-year giving season fast approaching, your nonprofit is likely ramping up efforts to reach its annual fundraising goals. Any nonprofit can benefit from these best practices, even if you’re new to text marketing or have limited resources. Segment your list of contacts. Keep an eye on your metrics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. Blogger Vu Lee, who wrote the forward to The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , offers up 9 tips for self-care , including downloading a chrome plugin that replaces 45 with photos of kittens. What to do? And the shelter continues to post updates.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Early in my career, I worked on the Race for the Cure in Houston when a hurricane swept through 10 days before our event. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts. Our mission to end cancer is equally important as the hurricane relief efforts. Looking for an alternative to a cycling event?

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DipJar

APRIL 20, 2021

During this time, the eggs can be eaten by predators, damaged by tropical storms and hurricanes, exposed by beach goers digging on the beach, and more. The Center uses donations to create programs and initiatives locally and globally. Once the eggs have been laid, they incubate for 60-90 days.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Google's Hurricane Sandy map currently shows areas with power outages.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the modern fundraising world, creating an online fundraising strategy is essential to the success of your nonprofit. From standard digital donation forms to peer-to-peer fundraisers , there are a wide variety of ways that nonprofits can fundraise virtually. What are the different ways to fundraise online? Emergency campaigns.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence finally made landfall over the weekend, ravaging the Atlantic coast with devastating winds and torrential rain. If not, see how you can volunteer at your local branch to make an impact before the next disaster. The post How You Can Help with Disaster Relief appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

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. To supplement this section, we compiled the best disaster preparedness apps from TechSoup donation partners, government agencies, other nonprofits, and more.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. Plus, nonprofit organizations can utilize these groups of passionate volunteers to help achieve goals in making the world a better and safer place. Let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” The traditional method for nonprofits to obtain tax-exempt status is by filing as a 501(c)(3).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

And it should serve as a stern wake-up call to all nonprofits and social change makers to shake the complacency off our security standards. If all your data lives on a local server in your office, or the C: drive on your computer, and you have no other backup system, you're not in a good position to secure anything.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2020

All over the world, we see natural catastrophes come unpredictably, from flooding and hurricanes to ice storms and wildfires. As a corporation, there is an opportunity to double up on response efforts, volunteering, donations, and outreach – especially if you’ve taken the time to team up with the nonprofit sector already.

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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. 82% of that funding came from corporations, where 18% was sourced from independent, community and public foundations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Hurricane season kicked off on June 1 and we’ve already got our first tropical depression in the Atlantic. A disaster can be as big as a hurricane or as small as a water main break that floods your office and surrounding neighborhood. It was the year four hurricanes hit the state, so I learned a lot very quickly.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Catchafire works with 8,000 nonprofits and 43 funders who anticipate the growing need for immediate and long-term assistance , especially relating directly to COVID-19 and is tapping its volunteer community for responsive health and human services. . H osting a virtual or local day of service? SeenIt Build?the?most?powerful?and?trustworthy?on

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

Perla Ni, Ceo and Founder of Great Nonprofits 1. Why did you start Great Nonprofits ? When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was the publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review , and we wanted to write a story about how nonprofits were helping the victims. I've known nonprofits personally as a client of their services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting. She contacted me via Facebook after she my post on shopping for cause and my query for tips for how nonprofits can make the best of cause-related shopping sites. Ober-Lehn who is working at Community Center of St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. He introduced surfing to the Jersey Shore in the 1960′s – He was an early adopter, teaching himself how to surf and owned the first Greg Noll surfboard. ” Dad’s Beach. His first computer was an Apple IIE in 1980.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We need to utilize these tools, to the best of our abilities, to engage and inform the public, because no matter how much federal, state and local officials do, we will only be successful if the public is brought in as part of the team." As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people."

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

New Orleans had problems long before the hurricane and the destruction only has exacerbated a long list of problems. While working locally, these folks live communally and study both how to make change in the world and the Jewish connections to social justice. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. They eventually became hugely successful NetSquared Locals in several countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The Mobile Giving Foundation is a new nonprofit aimed at facilitating more efficient and cost-effective mobile fundraising in the United States. Previous mobile fundraising campaigns have included Text-to-Give campaigns to raise money during Hurricane Katrina and the Southern California fires this past October.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Many nonprofits use mobile fundraising in order to raise extra money or to benefit an immediate need. Through peer-to-peer fundraising, your nonprofit can grow its network of active and passionate members. Many nonprofits choose to use mobile fundraising to fund specific projects. Mobile fundraising can be used to: #1.

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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. It's the future.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

If Grace got a call from a source that she wasn’t sure was real, she would call the local fire department for more information. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. You don’t have to create a nonprofit or NGO. Work with traditional media and blogs to get the word out about your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Based on Austin, Texas, I caught up with Connie to find how she is using Social Media raise money for victims of Hurricane Ike and other recent social media fundraising causes. In the 1980s I worked in direct mail fundraising for nonprofit organizations, then I shifted into the publishing industry in the 1990s. Tell me about you.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

A little known fact is that, before starting Convio, I was exploring three very different concepts: yield management for airlines; supply chain management for the automotive parts industry; and nonprofit fundraising after participating in a PBS pledge drive. I travelled the country speaking at every nonprofit conference that would have me.

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