Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. The Red Cross hurricane app uses GPS to find the nearest shelters. iOS) is a beautifully-designed app with all the tools you'll need before, during, and after an emergency. StopDisaster.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You don’t want to find out you planned your beach day 5K during a hurricane or an outdoor concert during a thunderstorm! The National Weather Service offers an app that provides hourly updates and weather alerts directly to your smart phone. Instead, pay attention to the local weather.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Now, with the help of volunteer management software , organizations can build even more bridges to connect with their volunteers, enhancing their engagement with a variety of different tools and features to make the volunteering journey run as smoothly as possible. See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software!

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Here was the Philanthropy News Network announcement of the project: "TechSoup NetSquared, the project to increase nonprofit effectiveness through Web-based social tools, has added a case study section to its website. 'Net2 " The year was 2005.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Connect2Give’s fundraising tools are great for nonprofits and libraries with multiple locations (competitive fundraising!), Text MUTUALAID to 69866 to donate $10." Three out of five of those were smartphones. Yes, that's right.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In TechSoup's disaster planning and recovery guide , we recommend a 2x2x2 strategy for your mission-critical data, whether you're preparing for a hurricane or for a hacker. The National Cyber Security Alliance has myriad resources for individuals, teachers, and businesses on staying safe online. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Fellows make use of blogging, social networking, photo and video sharing tools to build communities of support for their host organizations so donors can follow their work and directly share in the accomplishments. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. The tools are coming together to help people collaborate and receive real-time information such hurricane movements. It also allowed the U.K.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Alternatively, you can auction off celebrity greeting videos if you have celebrity partners with tools like Charitybuzz.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Web-based social tools open up unimagined possibilities for our sector, nationally and internationally. A prime example is the Katrina PeopleFinder Project [link] an ad-hoc online collaboration of organizations and individuals to help locate loved ones in the hurricane-affected areas.'"

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

In this case you are looking for the software’s capacity to support different interfaces for different customers, client management tools that flex for different purposes, and reports which can be customized to fit fundamentally different needs. On the other hand, tools now exist to move just about anything to anywhere.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. The program was presented at the Texting for Health Conference this past February, and hopes to provide the tool in multiple languages as well! *. Cool Factor : Mobile as a research tool. But, for creative juices, let’s show off some coolness.). *.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. You were looking at some sort of return on investment selection tool or something before you put an appeal to those donors in the mail. you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here. Combined decades of experience. It was huge.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" She and Murphy were called to immediate service to search the rubble of the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

I mean, we’re used to hurricanes, tornadoes, you know, fires, wildfires. When I started monthly giving, a lot of these tools didn’t exist. Now, you have online giving tools. You have the tools. And the reason why it’s so important is you can plan on the money being there. They wear multiple hats.

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M+R

JUNE 15, 2021

It is our primary tool for communicating to an audience that helping achieve our goal—taking action, making a gift, anything—is more important than any other thing they might possibly do in this moment. When a hurricane makes landfall, it doesn’t take much work to create a sense of urgency. Source: National Geographic.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use. link] has more examples of how much $700 billion is in a poverty context.

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. However, things rapidly changed from Q4 in 2008 to Q1 in 2009.

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