Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I’ve also seen how this relates to times when donors, volunteers, and colleagues are dealing with a disaster in their region. . Here are a few observations from myself and colleagues in the region that we hope will be helpful to you and your colleagues when navigating your disaster-related outreach. Check in and give grace.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 10, 2025

If volunteers make up a large percentage of your nonprofits team, you know how important their support and dedication are in your efforts to achieve your mission. However, 26% of volunteer leaders noted that recruiting volunteers was a top challenge for their organization in 2024.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Vincent de Paul, working with a team of 18 volunteers, has helped around 150 families so far, prioritizing families with children and renters who lost their homes. Pasadena Community Foundation, a local foundation, has given grants through a wildfire fund to help support dozens of organizations doing that work. Vincent de Paul.

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VisionLink

APRIL 20, 2022

It's National Volunteer Week! Fun fact, each year about 62 million Americans volunteer at their local schools, with NGOs, with disaster preparedness and response groups, and community centers and homeless shelters. We believe volunteers are always part of the solution. percent) than men (23.2 Answer: Richard Nixon.

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VisionLink

APRIL 11, 2020

The agency has deployed Visionlink’s volunteer management and Goods and Services Donation solution to help coordinate response among volunteers for COVID-19 in Oregon. And you can learn more about our blue sky solutions in the Community Solutions menu link above, and our gray sky Disaster Technologies above as well.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Visionlink announces new disaster relief and disaster operations modules, and now all listed on one page to share with your staff and stakeholders. Built by disaster experts — this matters when everything is going wrong and everyone is under duress. Disaster Technologies Solutions Deploy one or as many solutions as you need.

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Candid

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Whether as a flash point response to a crisis, natural disaster, or an election, one-time, smaller donations are becoming commonplace. Videos of your organization in action, statistics of how youre making an impact in your community, and constituent testimonials are just a few ways to bring your mission to life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. Matt first learned about crowdfunding when he was raising funds to volunteer in Southeast Asia in 2012. 78% attend fundraising events.

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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. Vaccination Volunteering in Phoenix.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 8, 2015

7, 2015 – From now through October 31st, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center ( www.ITDRC.org ), Humanity Road ( www.HumanityRoad.org ), and VisionLink ( www.VisionLink.org ), are staffing and supporting a free hotline for the survivors of the South Carolina floods. All services are free.

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VisionLink

APRIL 9, 2020

Thousands of COVID-19 volunteers and donated essential supplies are matched with states’ needs through an innovative pro bono tech and volunteer partnership BOULDER, CO, April 9, 2020 – Americans are no strangers to disasters. A hallmark of U.S.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

For example: If you’re a nonprofit that focuses on disaster-relief efforts in places like New Zealand, then you may want to connect with the Red Cross and begin building a relationship with it. Or you may want to find individuals who are talking about the events around the world where disaster relief is needed. Say thank you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

Your organization’s brand story holds immense power, especially for nonprofits striving to engage donors, volunteers, and partners. By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners.

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VisionLink

MAY 6, 2024

This annual gathering of Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster is the nation's leading gathering of non-profit and faith-based disaster response agencies. To learn more about NVOAD's DART, the Disaster Agency Response Technology platform powered by Visionlink technology, check out this link.

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Together, with the help of countless disaster relief initiatives, we will get back on our feet! It is creat ed using a simple mapping tool in CommunityOS, thus there is no data to transfer or convert and at no extra cost.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

The reality is that nonprofits must keep up with changing donor expectations or they will be left behind… along with the communities they aim to serve. Facebook may take this even further with their latest efforts to create a $50-million matching fund to address issues like disaster relief. 1) Marketing Automation/Giving Automation.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Visionlink works closely with many of the organizations that respond to these events, both now in the early days, and over the months and years to come as communities navigate their recovery. This has been a core part of our company for many years and through many disasters. What can you do? Right now, funds are keenly needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, our impulse is to help in some way. He describes how with the widespread adoption of social media in the non-profit sector, people’s ability to act and support communities in need like Haiti has only been increased. Tweet from kateatyrownrisk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 26, 2020

With one of the highest 24-hour intensification rates, Hurricane Laura will be a tremendously serious storm, and another of nearly 300 named disasters from which we build expertise and readiness to offer help. We offer the nation's leading disaster relief platform. Activate one or modules as needed. Ready for instant deployment.

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VisionLink

APRIL 11, 2024

Is your organization prepared to respond and support during a community-wide disaster? Our Disaster Case Management Platform (DCMP) and related disaster management tools are proven solutions that can support your organization, your staff and volunteers, and the clients you serve. Want to learn more? Visionlink.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If a news story is breaking when you get to work in the morning, and it is related to your mission or your programs, write up a quick two-paragraph summary of or commentary about the breaking news story, add a link to the original source, and then distribute your blog post to your communities. Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million. Reckford CEO Habitat For Humanity Reckford was preaching that a house is just the first step in building community long before anyone else. Following four years in the U.S.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Twitter has proven itself time and again as an excellent method of communication in times of crisis. During the hurricane, communities kept each other updated by using hashtags like #Sandy on what was happening in their neighborhood. Now, community members are using hashtags like #SandyVolunteer to find out where they can help out.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . We're good at listening, responding, engaging, building community, and providing value.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Susana Garcia is a program director and member of the executive team of On The Move — a community-based disaster relief organization in Napa County, California. Susana and her team of both staff and volunteers are experts at managing disaster response.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Twitter uses hashtags.

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VisionLink

MAY 14, 2024

These are exciting times as more and more communities expand the breadth and depth of the information and referral, community information exchange, migrant services, and disaster services they provide through the Visionlink platform. We've doubled the 211 centers we support since last year's annual conference!

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

The corporate philanthropic community has been working hard to make an impact on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the past 6 years. We know CSR leaders and the social good community are responding to the challenges each Sustainable Development Goal is set out to address. Impact on SDGs 1 – 3.

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VisionLink

MARCH 23, 2020

In their words: The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruptions to cities and local communities in the US and around the world. Successful suppression of COVID-19 in the United States will require urgent and decisive action by state, local and community leaders across the country. You can access the guide here.

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VisionLink

APRIL 26, 2022

Meet our senior customer advocate, Eric Jones, who will be available to discuss Visionlink tools and features, provide demos, and help you learn about the most advanced, comprehensive platform for community success. We are particularly interested in those of you launching programs to support Safe and Healthy Homes.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Entire communities have been destroyed, and millions are without power across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, and more than 100 lives have been lost in the wake of this dangerous Category 4 hurricane. Coast Guard, provides disaster assistance and emergency financial support for Coast Guard members.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

The social good community continues to respond to the hardships and impacts of the pandemic and social justice issues. Many CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) professionals have shifted their employee and community engagement strategies as the world shifted to virtual and socially distanced work. This was approximately a $6.1

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Assisting the American Red Cross, VisionLink''s Community Operating System is being used to deploy a real-time national map for this Winter Storm. The view includes FEMA boundaries, open disaster shelters, social media hash tags specific to the Winter Storm, and other relevant information. VisionLink is a formal partner of NVOAD.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

10-year retrospective Credit: GregTheFine – Outsized Marketing for Mid-Size Nonprofits A simple promotion – fill a bucket with ice and water and encourage friends, followers, partners, volunteers, and others to dump it on themselves – reaped millions for the ALS Assoc. Matching contributions doubled the impact.

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