Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting. She contacted me via Facebook after she my post on shopping for cause and my query for tips for how nonprofits can make the best of cause-related shopping sites.

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APRIL 19, 2021

Although COVID halted travel and slowed down our manufacturing, climate change continued to fuel raging wildfires and an endless hurricane season. The post Earth Day 2021: Climate Impacts Everything appeared first on Media Cause. According to NIFC , in just California alone, 52,113 wildfires burned 8,889,297 acres in 2020.

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MAY 17, 2013

Hurricane Katrina was such an event for VisionLink, as was the more recent tornado through Joplin Missouri, which caused a 400% increase in system demand. Second, can the firm demonstrate that they can meet unexpected levels of peak demand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Organization(s) : mGive & Keep A Child Alive, mGive & the Washington Nationals, The MLB and the Children’s National Medical Center, mGive & The All-Star Game, Stand Up for Cancer, and Make a Wish Foundation. Organization(s) : The U.S. Integrated Marketing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The program is made possible through a partnership of the National Football League , Mobile Accord , United Way, and the Mobile Giving Foundation , and supported by VeriSign. Previous mobile fundraising campaigns have included Text-to-Give campaigns to raise money during Hurricane Katrina and the Southern California fires this past October.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. These ideas will be more powerful if they are done with the mindset of peer-to-peer fundraising and connection to your central cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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DataRobot

MAY 25, 2022

In the past three decades, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates that climate and weather disasters have cost the U.S. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the U.S. Gulf Coast and caused approximately $125 billion in damage. The scale and costs of weather disasters in the U.S. over $1.875 trillion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

They have packaging network with a national headquarters and satellites in 14 states and Canada. The organization was founded by Richard Proudfit who was on a medical mission to Honduras after a hurricane ravaged the country. Do you know of other examples of charitable giving or cause-related giving by small businesses?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

How to incentivize volunteerism At its core, volunteerism is the engagement and mobilization of groups of people to support others or fight for a worthwhile cause. It is the principle of donating time and energy towards a greater cause. According to the US Census Bureau , the top four national volunteer activities in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. Support the only national sexual assault hotline. Paul Hyland saw a presentation at NPowerDC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

According to this Fast Company article , another example, is a partnership between GiveDirectly and Google.org aims to smooth the process of disaster relief funds to the people who need them most urgently due natural disasters caused by climate change (recent wildfires, hurricanes, and tornados.).

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APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. National University. National Community Relations and Development Director & National Spokesperson. Dale Bannon.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Whatever the causes, the result is the same. When a hurricane makes landfall, it doesn’t take much work to create a sense of urgency. Source: National Geographic. Or blame the neverending barrage of emails, ads, posts, texts, and other stimuli that bombard our audiences every moment. We just need to tap into that emotion.

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2008

The prize is the only program in the country focused on promoting and encouraging the work of social innovators over 60, like: Wilma Melville , a 74-year-old, retired physical education teacher, who won $100,000 for creating The National Disaster Search Foundation. Her idea is now a reality.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

You can also use your mobile fundraising and peer-to-peer efforts to advocate for your cause through online petitions. #2. Many times, they’ll send out informational mobile emails that include a call-to-action to donate or support their cause through volunteering. #3. Be more direct with your asks. Animal rights.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The devastation we see from Hurricane Ian's destructive path is hard to process. If you have time, talent, or treasure to donate to support these organizations serving in the wake of Hurricane Ian, please do. Click here to find ways to volunteer and assist those in need from the devastation of Hurricane Ian.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”. Sandy exposed our vulnerability to climate change.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

This will put at risk decades of human development progress in densely populated coastal zones which are home to one in seven people in the world, says Pedro Conceio, director of the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report Office. Flooding from extreme storms like hurricanes will also become more frequent.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act. So, what now?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 14, 2024

Here are just a few tips to get you thinking about your own prep plan: For Severe Storms * If there is time, consider hiring a professional to trim any tree branches overhanging the building and any dead limbs or branches that might cause damage during a storm. Make sure that gutters, downspouts and drains are free from any debris.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act. So, what now?

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

Poverty has many causes. a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use. article here, forwarded on by [.]

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You don’t want to find out you planned your beach day 5K during a hurricane or an outdoor concert during a thunderstorm! The National Weather Service offers an app that provides hourly updates and weather alerts directly to your smart phone. Being liable in an event accident can quickly cause problems for nonprofits.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 9, 2025

Layoffs last week at NOAAs Office of Aircraft Operations, home of the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, threaten to reduce the quality of data critical for hurricane monitoring, prediction, and warning. Hurricane Hunters fly into active storms to collect data used for weather forecasts.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

The rampaging insect menaces Americas Arctic military outposts , part of a critical line of national defense , before heading south and meeting its end in New York City. militarys concerns then and now about the Arctics stability and its role in national security. Over time, the U.S. Sea level there rose more than 1.5

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We do everything we can to promote GivingTuesday,” Salvation Army National Community Relations And Development Secretary Dale Bannon told The NonProfit Times. “It We’ve preemptively identified a lot of nonprofits in our community that work on cause areas related to election topics. Causes that have really local footprints will benefit.”

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is most well known for the National Weather Service, providing forecasting that underpins local meteorological reports and major sites like AccuWeather. When it comes to insurance, climate change already causes billions of dollars in losses globally. Here in the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Then Donald Trump arrived in the White House, and the headwinds turned into hurricane-force gales. A single automotive component can cross national borders as many as seven times during the production process. by as much as $12,000. In 1977, just 23% of new car sales were SUVs and pickups; that figure now stands at around 80%.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 7, 2025

million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The company “chose profits over the marsh” and allowed the environmental degradation caused by its operations to fester and spread, Carmouche said.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

“I know many people are upset that we’ve left the President’s posts up,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post , “but our position is that we should enable as much expression as possible unless it will cause imminent risk of specific harms or dangers spelled out in clear policies.”. Tony Romm / The Washington Post ). Andy Greenberg / Wired ).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

While the rest of the nation watched in horror, bad weather turned deadly and quickly wreaked havoc. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away. Houses were ravaged, and tens of thousands of residents were displaced.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 9, 2025

Last Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that will increase the cost of building materials from roofing to appliances, making home construction more expensive in the midst of a national housing shortage. Making homes more resilient and energy-efficient But more disaster-prepared housing is not enough.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

Last September, as Hurricane Helene barreled toward the coast of Florida, Andrew Hazelton was in a plane flying into the eye of the storm. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is in charge of tracking, predicting, and responding to hurricanes , among many other things, from deep sea exploration to climate research.)

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