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. Why Social Media?

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response. Furthermore, 90 percent of respondents also felt that the public expects some action based on social media applications.

Disaster 89

Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

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. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations. Social media has radically changed how people communicate, including their calls for help.

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Facebook Haiti Chile Disaster 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

There was also a focus on clear and consistent internal communications, providing daily talking points to chapters, scanning social media for potential crisis issues that came up and needed a fast response. The number of applications for ALS research has tripled.

Social Media 50

Social Media Network Data Media 50

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it. Streamlining Technology for the Good of Grantees Two Ten wasn’t always able to move this quickly.

Advice 82

Advice Tech Sharepoint Grant 82

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco. By: Melissa Hill-Dees, Founding Partner of HandsOn Connect Cloud Solutions.

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Volunteer National Philanthropy Puerto Rico 111

Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

So, they were not dealing with two particular issues; they really were dealing with one. So things like asking, will the organization be providing computers and mobile devices for all staff, or would there be a hybrid model where some staff would have organization-issued computers and other staff would have to rely on their personal devices?

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Policy Team Virtual Tech 102