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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

Thousands of volunteers have offered to assist in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies. Due to the ongoing uncertainty of Hurricane Irma, other states will be added as necessary.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. — More information about VisionLink can be found at [link].

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Citizen-Powered Response. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. Microsoft has a mountain of great and easy-to-use resources available at their Safer Online site. Back Up Your Data Securely. Learn More.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

I talked with Jodie Van Horn, a campaigner for Rainforest Action Network 's Freedom From Oil campaign, and the coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area about the plug-in campaign in the Bay Area as well as the national Freedom from Oil Campaign. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Objective : Implement an emergency notification system for all the University campus community. Cool Factor : Campus Alert System. It’ll be interesting to see how other systems and institutions implement a similar strategy. *. Organization(s) : The U.S.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This site, MyGoodDeed is encouraging people to pause and share their plans for a personal good deed. You can even add a good deed widget for your site. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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