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Activating Damage Assessment System for Hurricane Ian

VisionLink

Currently focused on Flo rida’s Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ian’s particular track, combined with the shape of the bay, means that significant storm surges may inundate the Tampa Bay region. This simple, yet powerful tool allows affected households to self-report damage from their smartphone or tablet in less than three minutes.

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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. —

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. Be flexible.

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Visionlink Supports Dorian Response

VisionLink

Visionlink systems are fully engaged with Hurricane Dorian response. The National Shelter System is being used to help manage dozens of shelters in Florida--and states north, as Dorian continues along its predicted track.

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

Campaign update: Thank you again for your donation to our hurricane relief campaign! Finally, like any other fundraising strategy, you should track success metrics for your text messages and use them to evaluate your texts’ effectiveness. Thank-you text: Thank you for your $20 donation to the Puppies for Peace campaign, Ella!

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Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Digital Strategy

Bloomerang

At the organizations that experimented with digital technologies during the pandemic and among those investing more capital in digital technology than their peers, executives were twice as likely to report outsize revenue growth. How are you tracking and evaluating what works or doesn’t work? . People are people.

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world. The report briefly introduces each technology and provides examples of how those technologies are being used.