Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M since Aug.)

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Flickr Photo by Su Lin. 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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy. Photos by me and edited with Instagram and PicMonkey. Sandy Hook. Fiscal Cliff. With each disturbing event of 2012, it feels like we've been hit with the same reminder: We're all in it together. Everything we do touches someone. Sometimes it's close to home. Other times, it reaches across the globe.

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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. And, of course, tons of photos of kittens and cats.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

SILive.com has a link on its home page for people to donate to the Project Hospitality Staten Island Hurricane Relief Fund. Flickr photo credit: Staten Island Ferry by Robert Paul Young Tweet. Do you have any recommendations, or know anything about the organizations I've listed?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Photo Friday: If dance be the food of happiness. Vegetarian and Vegan Thanksgiving Ideas Sunday Quotes: The Power of Stories Twenty "Fearless" Changemakers Photo Friday: Have Fun Do Good Flower Link Love: Gratitude Challenge, Finding Your Calling, NY Oysters, and Kale Salad Water Wednesday: Do You Know Where Your Water Comes From?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. This included SXSW organizers, the Red Cross, Hurricane Party, the Hanson Brothers, and many more to promote the campaign. How did you co-created the campaign? We also leverage media opportunities to drive traffic to the campaign site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” If you’re accepting donations, show how the money is being spent with photos and videos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

MicroMappers , a "microtasking" service, lets users tag tweets and photos to help the United Nations Office of for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in its relief efforts after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. Doctors Without Borders has deployed emergency teams to bring care to people affected by the typhoon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Corburn. Home Depot already using the tag to update on stories in the Hurricane???s Andy Carvin launched the Gustav Information Center on Ning, and through social networks, word is spreading fast - the hash tag #gustav is being used. hat tip Tom Watson ).

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

Samantha Wright, Director of Development Operations and Analytics for the food bank, says that being located in a hurricane zone makes them “no strangers to disaster response.” For instance, Wright explained how “photos, interviews, and stories are continually fed to the communications team,” which then shares the information with supporters.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response. Their mother might be in one of those photos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). In addition, there are people on the ground in the Hurricane's path providing live updates: @GustavReporter @UrbanReporter @MarkMayhew.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

Isaac also posts news, videos, photos and everything random at www.isaackiehl.com. Read Trevor McCann " The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy.". He graduated from Arizona State University in 2011 with a BIS concentrated in technical communications and film & media studies. Like this article? Get another!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

As we have seen in natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Chile Earthquake, people are using social media to reach out for help. This includes a a wiki , Twitter conversations during the conference via the #crisisdata hashtag, Flickr photos and U-Stream (to be provided by NextGenWeb ).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

While most of our jobs don''t involve leading a tour of Marines through an ambush, or rushing into a relief zone just decimated by a hurricane, in today''s fast-paced, hyper-competitive business environment, we are ALL on the front lines, says Wood. Operation: Starting Gun in Moore, OK, Summer 2013 Photo By: Kirk Jackson, Team Rubicon 1.

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JUNE 27, 2017

When Hurricane Sandy hit, they launched a successful text-to-give campaign and realized that social media is the perfect companion to texting. Social media allows them to maintain contact with the donors by sharing photos and videos. Text messaging and social media are perfect partners for charities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.) million awarded in response to non-epidemic disasters including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the earthquake in Mexico. In 2017, Candid and CDP tracked pledges totaling $531 million for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

The last good photo we took together was as “selfie,” although in 1963 we took one together using his Minox camera. My father had a deep-seated love of the ocean and was a life guard for 30 years for the Ventnor City Beach Patrol. He was interested in my work used to say, “My daughter the blogger.”

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

A few weeks after you donate, you'll get a notification with a photo and report of how your money helped. For example, after Hurricane Sandy, New York City residents could associate their check-ins around the city with donating to a cause of their choice, such as the American Red Cross.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Shoot outside, and you’ll find that even the slightest breeze can sound like a hurricane on video. Photo: Photochiel. Most consumer video cameras have built-in microphones, but they’re limited — move more than a few feet from your subject and you won’t be able to hear them at all. Others are handheld.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

People want to hear real people’s stories and see photos of the town they are giving to, so she posted stories and had a Flickr photo stream. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. Photo credit: Hurricane Katrina Donations (ii) by Barret Anspach blogher blogher06 disaster relief blog

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." " The year was 2005.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

" Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina. "One person can take a photo. In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, social media has exploded, and its potential for use in crises was clear after the Haiti earthquake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Support Peace Work Around the World Peace Project Fellow, Alison Long Photo in Flickr, Used with Permission.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. All you need to do is promote your campaign effectively and watch the donations roll in! Emergency campaigns.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

Rockin' CD to Benefit Hurricane Katrina Survivors The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has produced a CD called, " Eye of the Storm: Love and Rage from the Bay to the Gulf ", to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Look how cute these chimps are. Thanks to Musings of a Social Architect for this link.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 29, 2006

When Hurricane Katrina hit, she and her blogging partner decided to write a post asking their readers to post items in the comments section that they could donate to Katrina survivors. Photo credit: Nature Globes by Lady-bug/Lisa blogher blogher06 She used to get up every day and read the Boston Globe and have a cup of coffee.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

And we are bracing for yet another intense, potentially deadly hurricane season. That’s the reality on the ground, as communities on the Gulf Coast try to recover from another hurricane. Photo courtesy of US Forest Service This photo was taken just yesterday. Water levels are rising. The heat is overwhelming. Devastation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. And, yes they did !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

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. If you look at photos of me when I was a kid, practically everything I wore came second hand from nonprofits. Perla Ni, Ceo and Founder of Great Nonprofits 1.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

Maybe your organization helped over one hundred hurricane survivors find temporary housing. Consider photos, color graphics or logos, or highlighted text in the letter as well. Your letter must address what your donor wants to know and what warms her heart. Tell the story of one person or one family. That’s great!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Hurricane Katrina LA4 / News Muse / CC BY-NC-ND. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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