Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 30, 2011
I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2010
In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. During an emergency, 41% of respondents would use social media to let their love ones know they are safe.
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Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Online social networking was just being born. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools.
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!
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). Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee.
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
tools and technology. She is a co-founding member and serves on the advisory board of the Social Media Club and founder of Every Dot Connects , a consortium of marketing and media practitioners who are passionate about using new technologies to build bridges between people and ideas and causes. Tell me about you. I'm a wordaholic.
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