ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Any donations that were dropped off at A Family Storage would then be moved in a Cool Box container up to Hurricane Sandy relief centers. Facebook gives us a unique approach to targeting different demographics than you would be able to achieve with traditional internet advertising platforms such as Google Adwords or MSN Adcenter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Facebook has, for a couple years now, committed to making their platforms “video first.” When Hurricane Harvey hit last year, ShelterBox USA wanted to act fast. By Becky Brooks , Director of Communications at Animoto , an online video maker that makes it easy to create marketing videos for social media and beyond.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. CDP’s Cari Cullen describes a derecho as a “storm with hurricane-force winds in a place where the infrastructure isn’t built for hurricane-force winds.” i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Even before Facebook helped raise $10 million dollars for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy for Hurricane Harvey relief, Facebook “Donate” buttons and fundraisers created by Facebook users were popping up in the feed with increased frequency. Increased Reach for Pages that share Fundraisers.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

As a former member of the New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NJ VOAD), Aaron coordinated Hurricane Sandy and Irene response efforts for Mormon Helping Hands.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

NYC leverages social media to map evacuation info for Hurricane Sandy | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs : The City of New York utilized its Open Data platform to help residents deal with the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

There are many chat bot authoring platforms that make it easy for anyone to create a bot without requiring the technical expertise in natural language programming. person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Does your nonprofit use a bot? Share in the comments.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . 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. . and internationally.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Hurricane Ian: In response to Hurricane Ian, Target partnered with the American Red Cross, Team Rubicon, and local nonprofits to provide $5 million in disaster response efforts. What’s more, the company provided financial assistance by matching donations dollar-for-dollar up to $3 million in response to the hurricane.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 25, 2011

Preparing for Hurricane Irene? b) Take your web browser to [link] and you can see most of the same information about shelters, capacity, driving directions and more from the National Shelter System, also deployed on VisionLink''s CommunityOS platform. If you have an iPhone, iPod or iPad, this is the one App we hope you will never need.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 26, 2011

For those of you who are using VisionLink''s CommunityOS platform for 2-1-1 and I & R, or for similar solutions, we can make this even easier. The NSS and your CommunityOS platform use the same VisionLink software, and we built the NSS data standard and the data feed. Here''s to only moderate damage from Hurricane Irene.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

“As a non-profit founded by one of the world’s greatest storytellers, Dr. Jane Goodall, telling our story is essential and the best way to present ourselves as the holistic conservation organization we are, on social media and other platforms. Just do it in a video format that is suited for that platform.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

With six earthquakes, 132 floods, 56 hurricanes, and 96 tornadoes under their belt, the organization is actively planning their relief efforts in Haiti. Team Rubicon mobilizes veterans to offer their services, skills, and expertise to people preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters. .

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Forum One

JUNE 2, 2022

The IRS can’t launch new platforms in early April, any more than FEMA can roll out new processes in the middle of hurricane season). Embark on a gap analysis to discover where you are today, where your plans are headed, and what changes you may need to make. Consider timelines and budgets : are there key seasons for your services?

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It is available on the Android, iOS, Windows Phone platforms. Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources. All that in one little app.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 29, 2011

The impacted area from Hurricane Irene was larger than the European continent. The Shelter View App receives it''s information directly from the National Shelter System, deployed by VisionLink on its CommunityOS platform. The Red Cross opened more than 500 shelters, providing local assistance across the entire eastern seaboard.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Many online peer-to-peer platforms , like Qgiv’s, offer waivers guests can sign when they purchase tickets to your event. You don’t want to find out you planned your beach day 5K during a hurricane or an outdoor concert during a thunderstorm! Need a peer-to-peer fundraising platform that makes it easy to give online?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are some recent examples: The Nonprofit Aid Visualizer—NAVi—powered by Vanguard Charitable integrates several large data sets on an interactive platform, making it easy to find charities solving the problems that donors care about and want to support.

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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. Recently, my social media feeds have been anxiety producing, if not downright depressing. What to do?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

With social media platforms and a dynamic website, you can spread the word about your mission easily and attract new potential donors quickly. Platforms like Amazon Smile , iGive.com, and ShopRaise help your donors passively donate to your organization every time they shop online. Wishlist drives. Emergency campaigns.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

I caught up with Rob Wu, co-founder of CauseVox , the platform used to support this fundraising effort, to learn more about the process and campaign. This included SXSW organizers, the Red Cross, Hurricane Party, the Hanson Brothers, and many more to promote the campaign. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

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. Here's what they said. Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Have a plan, of course! Peter Campbell — CIO, Legal Services Corporation.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Emergency relief Emergency or disaster relief volunteers come into play after a major, devastating event, such as an earthquake or hurricane. These platforms help grow your reach, increase volunteer retention, and even help you transform volunteers into donors using inspiring outreach campaigns.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

As Sandy Became #Sandy, Emergency Services Got Social | Fast Company : As New Yorkers took to Twitter to voice concerns, request aid, and offer real-time help, organizations were--more than ever before--there and ready to respond on their native platforms.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

If you are using an e mployee e ngagement platform , you a l ready have the means to bring people together. Using this platform enables organizations to create engaging, multi-perspective videos with their employees. trustworthy?on on – the – ground?storytellers?in?the?world. storytellers?in?the?world.

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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. As Geoff describes in more detail, the Summit conversation will use established and more experimental social media tools and platforms to involve people who are not in the room in the discussion.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

We looked at mobile tools for fundraising as well as apps that incorporate some sort of fundraising into their platform. Facebook) uses mGive's text-to-give platform to bring easy donating to Facebook. Mobile Fundraising Tools. Windows Phone) brings your Kiva portfolio to your Windows phone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Our platform helps nonprofits and individuals save time, money, and effort by providing banking, accounting, fundraising, and collaboration tools all centered around the fiscal sponsorship model. Using a platform like Ribbon allows you to cut this process down into days or weeks, not months. Screenshot of Ribbon’s donation dashboard.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Here are some lessons learned about selecting a new solution and transferring your existing data to that new platform. Next time you consider moving to a more capable software platform, consider these 10 questions to help ensure that your decision will be the correct one, and your selection will not fail.

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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. In the five years since Hurricane Katrina, social media has exploded, and its potential for use in crises was clear after the Haiti earthquake. " People have always wanted to help.

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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. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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BoardAssist

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. Particularly when there’s an emergency, it’s crucial for us to let people know about our humanitarian work immediately, and inform them of how they can help by making a donation.”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The new platform and the new tools are all about communities. 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. The Iraq War was raging.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

She leads City of Hope’s evolving 100-plus year fundraising platform, all the while maintaining its status as a Charity Navigator 4-star rated organization .

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

With certain mobile fundraising platforms, your organization will be provided with easily exportable information, from names and numbers to the time and date of contributions and more. Capture new information. Mobile fundraising can be a great way to gather new donor information and store it in your donor database.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

With no known public figure/celebrity spokesperson afflicted with either disease, the 24,000 Americans suffering from HSP/PLS have even less of a public platform. St Bernard Parish was devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and by the largest domestic residential oil spill in US history (Murphy Oil spill in Chalmette).

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