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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.

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How Loggerhead Marinelife Center is Raising Funds to Save Sea Turtles

DipJar

Because LMC is a free admission facility, the Center heavily depends on donations to fuel its conservation efforts. These funds help provide critical care and treatment for the Center’s sea turtle patients, as well as fund the conservation efforts of LMC’s four core pillars of conservation.

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Protecting the right to give according to our values

Candid

Long-term implications for the sector Our country has a history of generous giving to causes as diverse as we are: from hurricane and wildfire relief efforts to community kitchens to feed the hungry and shelter for the unhoused, from individual donations of $25 to multimillion-dollar foundation grants.

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#OceanLoveEarl Share Your Favorite Ocean Story on July 3rd for My Dad’s Online Memorial

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tweet or Facebook your favorite story about the ocean or share an ocean conservation link with #oceanLoveEarl hashtag. This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. Online Memorial: July 3, 2013. In Loving Memory of Earl Kanter MD.

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Member Round Up: New projects, reports and inspirations

NTEN

It's been a few months since the Hurricane Sandy disaster and while there's a lot of rebuilding still needed, the outpouring of relief aid so far is astounding. Their post highlights examples of nonprofits , like the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Sierra Club , who are finding creative ways to fundraise around Valentines's Day.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. When she ran the Nature Conservancy in Louisiana, 200,000 acres were set aside. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. It as a lucky thing they did.

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. Jennifer Morris, CEO of The Nature Conservancy , is a self-described “impatient optimist” who believes in radical collaboration to create tangible results that last. © Cameron Davidson; May 2019. © Steven David Johnson; July 2019.