VisionLink

MARCH 23, 2020

Available Now: covid-local.org Visionlink's data science partner, Talus Analytics, has been working with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Bio team, the Center for Global Development, and the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security to create an authoritative guide for COVID-19 response.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Read on to learn how Feeding America and The Global FoodBanking Network have recently stewarded their corporate donors on social media. During certain moments – such as natural disasters – they quickly pivot planned content to be more contextual and reflect new priorities. The Global FoodBanking Network.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. Understanding the potential futures steers decision-making away from reaction and towards positive action.” Now that “disruption” is a business catchphrase, is “resilience” an equally common term in your professional vocabulary?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 11, 2021

By: Eric Zuehlke, Head of Editorial, Division of Global Communication and Advocacy, UNICEF and Martha Mackenzie, Global Humanitarian Advocacy Lead, UNICEF. While great challenges lie ahead, UNICEF shares four calls to action to respond to and recover from COVID-19: 1. Reimagine disaster spending. Martha Mackenzie.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. project has a slew of resources for both responders and those affected by disasters. Tweak the Tweet is a layered map that shows the locations of disaster-related Twitter hashtags.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? Doyin Richards is a best-selling author and creator of the Anti-Racism Fight Club.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

As not all organisations have climate action integrated into their strategy yet, let’s have a look at five key ways the nonprofit sector can help to solve the climate crisis — and concrete examples of intersectional initiatives that are already happening. Apply Pressure to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 Achieve Their Own Net Zero Targets.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Kick off meeting with the Impact Labs Climate Action Cohort. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes. Meet Our Salesforce.org Impact Lab Climate Action Experts. Executive Fellow for Climate Action, FUSE.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 6, 2022

The nonprofit sector is a broad community of organisations focused on everything from cultural heritage to social housing, from publishing to disaster relief, and while responding to the climate crisis is now a priority we all share, many organisations are still only beginning their sustainability journey.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

To get in on the action, nonprofits can take the following steps: Conduct internal matching gift training. Small and mid-sized businesses are getting in on the action, too. Companies Are Prioritizing Disaster Relief and Crisis Response. No matter which side of these relationships you’re on, there’s something useful to learn.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 25, 2022

Climate anxiety is seriously affecting our youth: In a recent global survey of 10,000 young people aged 16–25, 59% were very or extremely worried about climate change, and 83% said they think people have failed to take care of the planet. – Student participating in the Tokyo Climate Action Lab.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

To mark the courage and strength of the brave men and women working on the front lines of conflict and raise awareness for those affected by disasters around the world, we’re highlighting 10 nonprofits that are making a difference by driving action and support for aid efforts. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Equality Now.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

But, as a result of the global crisis, every responsible funder had to adapt and respond to new needs facing communities due to COVID, and many did so in creative ways. Much like the pandemic, it is likely that most grantee communities will in some way be impacted by increasing climate disasters. Not reinventing the wheel.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) As a follow up to their 2020 and 2021 studies, this report delves into data to explore philanthropic giving from the first two years of the pandemic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

Now, let’s take a minute to pause and consider the global trauma we have all just experienced over the last two years: the COVID-19 pandemic, continued racial injustice, wars, natural disasters, increasing hunger and inequity, a spike in homelessnes, and more. As Walter Anderson said, “Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.”.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Here we share Candid’s processes, the data’s uses and limitations, and a call to action. . While we recognize that a global crisis fuels a global response, as a U.S.-based Call to action . This data is patchy, incomplete, and messy, but it’s often the best that’s available in the moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2024

If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. I have personally found this use case extremely helpful to have a one-click summary of really long threads transformed into actionable steps w/ links to source email.)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If there was ever a moment for a call to action for climate change, it is in the wake of the COP26 conference. The global meeting of leaders, doers, and movement-makers saw new and varied community partnerships and announcements that push traditional boundaries and create cross-sector opportunities for many organizations and communities.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

and globally, including those who work in development, membership, finance, marketing, executive leadership and more. You will hear how philanthropy performed during past economic downturns and natural disasters, providing necessary context as we shape a prosperous path forward. . You don’t want to miss it! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Perhaps my favorite, the partnership between Sweetgreen (a popular organic restaurant) and World Central Kitchen (an organization that provides meals in the wake of natural disasters) fed frontline medical personnel and vulnerable communities through COVID-19. Then work on connecting these seemingly disparate efforts.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Urgent Action Fund. MADRE works in communities that war or disaster have rendered difficult to fund and challenging to reach. As a leader in the global AIDS community, the Elton John AIDS Foundation is committed to overcome the stigma, discrimination, and neglect that keeps the world from ending AIDS. Urgent Action Fund.

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Double the Donation

MAY 25, 2021

CyberGrants is another top corporate giving software solution that offers fully integrated tools for grants management, employee giving, volunteerism, disbursement, disaster relief, and more. Using CyberGrants, you can create innovative programs from matching gifts, to political action campaigns, to charitable spending accounts. .

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VQ Strategies

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Just this week, Points of Light released its Civic Life Today: A look at American Civic Engagement Amid a Global Pandemic report, which states that: Prior to the pandemic, voting and donations to nonprofits were the primary ways people participated in civic life. Today, people believe civic action is more important than ever before.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2008

Want to create the premier online space for your issue and become a leading voice for social action? Change.org is launching a social action blog network this summer and is currently hiring a team of blogger/editors to help create a movement for change around the major causes of our time. Positions are part-time and paid.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2019

If you’re a marketer, then you know the impact that Facebook has globally. Sadly, this means that your Facebook Page probably isn’t going to get much action. Facebook’s Social Good and soon-to-be-launched Community Action are tools that will make the most significant difference in your organization’s social media strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. "Our philanthropy has to ignite action. Ed Granger-Happ shows off his office server in a carry on bag that disaster relief workers can use to set up IT support in the field.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. This global generosity movement is becoming more well-known worldwide, making it an excellent opportunity for your nonprofit to start its own campaign. An estimated $3 billion was donated to nonprofits in the U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If it continues as it has, then I fear that many people will begin to check-out and become numb to our calls to action.

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Kindful

AUGUST 30, 2021

Having a clear and dedicated call to action on marketing materials for prospective legacy donors to get more information will improve the conversion rates of those materials. It can be tempting to stray away from topics ostensibly concerned with death in times of crises, like a global pandemic or even a localized natural disaster.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

This level of increased global philanthropy is worth a further look. The Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity recently published its Annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances for 2010 and reported “financial flows to the developing world from the United States increased notably in 2010 to $326.4

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Givinga

DECEMBER 29, 2020

These tools will also become tied into a company’s commitment to solve longer range and systemic “cause areas” through designated programs and calls to action. The idea is simple: instead of reactively donating to a natural disaster, business leaders should work to solve underlying issues through longer term commitments.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I like to think of it this way: Organizations may have the research or data, the capacity and staff, to identify problems and opportunities, to build messages, calls to action and campaigns. That doesn’t mean organizations sit back, relinquish all responsibility and control, and wait for the community to take action. org before?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Digital: What Every Charity Leader Should Know features insight from influential leaders in the nonprofit sector including Marnie Webb, co-CEO of TechSoup Global; Beth Kanter , author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ; and Martha Lane Fox, chair of Go ON UK. Technology can help charities save money and time. More Resources.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

Games are a $60 billion global industry. (MB). Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). A Selection of Strategic Game Design Lessons for Nonprofits. Game Audiences. community. (BJ).

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

About 36 percent see such action as a likelihood, while under 30 percent have had to enforce leave. They are making new calls for developing partnerships with BIPOC-led organizations, listening to the concerns and needs of marginalized communities, and translating those needs into policy and action.

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