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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What about Hurricane Sandy? Are people going to give less because they donated to Hurricane Sandy relief? Most giving in response to Hurricane Sandy has been to a small number of nonprofits focused on the relief efforts. Hurricane Sandy is unlikely to have a significant impact on this trend. Is it the economy?

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TechSoup's Disaster Planning and Recovery Guide

Tech Soup

Since Hurricane Katrina struck the US in 2005, TechSoup has created and maintained content specific to nonprofits, libraries, and charities on disaster planning and recovery. Many nonprofits and charities are incorporating mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets in their organizations.

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Cool App Roundup: Fundraising Edition

Tech Soup

Mobile has put a whole new spin on fundraising, connecting with donors, and kick-off campaigns. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest mobile fundraising apps. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. And when you're offline, you have access to all the Box documents because the documents cache offline." Here's what they said.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. Facebook’s mobile app has always gotten mixed reviews. Mobile users have been able to access their Google Documents for a while now through Google’s Search apps.

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5 Apps Doing Good for the World

Care2

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. Facebook’s mobile app has always gotten mixed reviews. Mobile users have been able to access their Google Documents for a while now through Google’s Search apps.

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Disaster Relief Memo to Fundraisers: Lessons for Sandy from Katrina

Tech Soup

As the east coast continues cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, those of us who have been in the industry a while can't help but reflect on what this means for the fundraising sector and think back to the lessons of Katrina. The impact is not only going to be offline. Nicole McGougan is a public relations associate at Blackbaud.