Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr. It’s popular ,” Aaron shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. I grew up on the Jersey shore where I’ve been evacuated due to storms, but I have never seen this level of disaster. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas. My heart goes out to the victims and I want to help.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

While great examples of nonprofit storytelling abound, Feeding America stands out as a remarkable example of nonprofit storytelling thanks to its exceptional ability to convey the urgent and widespread issue of hunger in the United States.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 23, 2013

According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year. Image courtesy of Givelify.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The server then captures a live video feed of the game and beams it to the consumers TV. These appliances are very different from Netflixs existing streaming hardware. If you are streaming games to the TV, you execute the game on a server, Stone explains. That requires Netflixs game servers to be optimized for real-time graphics rendering.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Online giving in response to Haiti was higher than all previous disasters and demonstrates that the Internet is a first response channel of choice for donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit assists the poor, share a story of someone who finally secured employment or got a raise and can now feed their family and buy their kids new shoes for the school year. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. Even the most challenging issues have stories of success.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. Keep people connected to live video (like Livestream or Vimeo ), regular audio updates (like CinchCast or Audioboo ), or live feeds of text from a Twitter hashtag or an open chat like CoverItLive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 21, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The launch of a Digital Volunteer program will help Red Cross respond to questions and information from the public during disasters."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2005

Andy Carvin has created Katrina Aftermath Blog and has declared September 2: International Blogging for Disaster Relief Day. Sometime tomorrow, take a break from whatever it is you usually blog about, and post something constructive related to disaster relief. One collection of disaster relief resources, countless bloggers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

4) Feeding America – 12 Days of Giving (Annual Campaign) Campaign: This year-end campaign leverages the holiday season spirit by matching donations over 12 days, maximizing fundraising efforts. Urgency & Specificity The Red Cross and Feeding America have urgency and specificity built into their organizations. The good news?

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts. Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. check their news feed on Facebook), your server has to run around and make sure to get each person the right information, displayed in the right way. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Web Social Media Disaster Netsquared 114

NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

Find a way to feed that need for immediate gratification. For example, while one donor may give to a cause because she lost a family member to a disease, another may be an environmentalist concerned with diseases caused by pollution or a one-time weather disaster. 1) Deliver Instant Gratification. 4) Track Time and Ask on Cue.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Web Bookmarking Haiti Lesson 132

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These images are especially useful for timely situations such as natural disasters, protests against racism, or economic turbulence. Or, like Feeding America, you can build donor preferences into your website , a smart fix. Do you need revenue short term? If so, using negative images can be an effective way to show urgent need.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2025

Pandemics, natural and man-made disasters, economic challenges, and governmental policy and funding changes are all potentially budget-tweaking scenarios. Hiding a change, no matter how small or how embarrassing, is a recipe for disaster. If you are a remote-first workplace, consider an all hands meeting with a live feed.

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Change Management Disaster Communication 67

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 12, 2010

You can follow their work on the American Red Cross Disaster Newsroom blog, and on Twitter at @RedCross. • According to their Twitter feed, Oxfam America is already on the ground in Haiti and is asking for donations. I'm particularly interested in hearing about grassroots organizations. • Fund for UNICEF also needs donations.

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Haiti Help Blogher America 98

Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Facebook Global Disaster Relief page : all kinds of information and helping opportunities. Craig Newmark of craigslist and craigconnects is offering to match any donations made through his fundraiser (funds will be distributed to the Red Cross, Feeding America, the National Wildlife Federation, and other groups). FEMA volunteer links.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Disaster Response – Using satellite and weather data, countries will be able to better predict disasters. Using social media feeds, automated drone footage, and other data, responders will have faster data to better understand the scope and scale of a disaster.

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International Develop Help Disaster 88

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Why is this happening?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s recently announced that Facebook’s News Feed will be veering away from branded content to prioritize content posted by personal accounts. ShelterBox USA had a very busy year, due to the sheer number of natural disasters that struck in 2017. This article shares insights from nonprofit marketers. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I've already started updating the feeds on the homepage to aggregate Ida-related information, but there are still some tasks to be done. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US. Most importantly, we need to update the wiki: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Forget flying cars: data is already enabling scientists to cure disease, predict when we’ll get sick, and generate higher crop yields to feed our expanding population. Changing our lives. Using data to change our lives isn’t some unrealistic dream for the future—in fact, in some ways the idea has been around for quite a while.

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Data Analytics Columbus Problem 163

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. " The trend is up 12.1%!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Disaster response work that used to take days now takes minutes, using a combination of Sharepoint, mobile devices and airplane surveillance. Then we took the filtered RSS feed and we ran it through an RSS to SMS/IM alert service. As they say, “at the Red Cross, the real-time web saves lives.&# It’s amazing.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 16, 2023

Our main mission is feeding people. When I am in the office, I am focused on administration; so I am making sure that we are ready for disaster season. We are a disaster relieve nonprofit so on the volunteer side I am preparing and planning. What is the aim of Mercy Chefs? What is your day-to-day like at Mercy Chefs?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Share 0 saves Save If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 101

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters. Since that day many nonprofits have changed and improved how they respond to these kinds of disasters. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! My twitter feed: [link]. NWF's Twitter feed: [link]. Wendy Harman, Red Cross Wendy will share a story about how they used metrics to refine their social media strategy for their Online Disaster News Room Presentation Key Points. set audience. picked tools.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It isn’t very difficult to find easy, inexpensive ways for to give back to your city and your community — especially in the aftermath of natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy. Feed them often (an army marches on its stomach). When you get off the elevator and walk into to our space, the first thing you see is an open kitchen.

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Culture Companies Exercise Ideas 149

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Elevation

APRIL 30, 2020

The cyber security disasters large companies such as Home Depot and Target face seem far afield from the concerns and issues faced by nonprofits. However, similar to major corporations, nonprofits are a feeding ground of financial and personal information on which hackers are eager to prey.

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