VisionLink

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Join us in Miami, for Disasters Expo USA -- and one of the largest conferences we attend. We offer the most advanced, integrated, disaster relief and recovery platform in the nation. We offer the most advanced, integrated, disaster relief and recovery platform in the nation. We''ll be there March 7-8, 2025.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Prepare Your Organization for Any Disaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

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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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.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Earlier this year, the Network for Nonprofit Technology Solution Providers (NNTSP) organized as part of TechSoup Global, combining their resources to create a national network of local technology capacity-builders serving the nonprofit sector. Several of the NNTSP partners are combining efforts for a response to Hurricane Sandy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

She did a lot of work on the hurricane aftermath (she's an expert on hazardous waste, and a gazillion other things). They remind me a lot of Rod Beckstrom's ideas that I posted earlier about IT support following a disaster. Folks that have those skills getting connected with those that need them during a disaster.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It also lets you discover and donate to organizations involved in disaster response work, and find opportunities to volunteer. Start using the app.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Late at night on Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The good news is that no matter how far you are from the areas hit by Hurricane Ida, you can still help those impacted by the storm. Find the Helpers. You can donate to their work here. You can donate here.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

The company’s balloons have already provided internet connectivity in the wake of disasters, like in Puerto Rico in 2017 after Hurricane Maria or in Peru after an earthquake in 2019 , but never as part of a large-scale commercial deployment. Download speeds of 18.9Mbps have been recorded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

million in charitable giving online through Network for Good in response to three major crises: the December 2004 tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the Pakistan earthquake of October 2005. ?? and a few celebrities - have linked to Network for Good at times of crisis. This study is based on analysis of $24.5

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

With catastrophic flooding and winds of up to 150 mph, Hurricane Ian has had a devastating impact on many areas of Florida and Cuba. While it’s difficult to see how Hurricane Ian has affected the lives of so many people, and we don’t yet know the full aftermath of the storm, there are plenty of ways you can lend a hand to those in need.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

Now let’s look at technology disaster preparedness. Preparing for Disaster. We don’t mean the power-surge-ate-my-blog-post kind of disaster, though. surviving Mother Nature’s wrath: tornado, hurricane, flood, fire. Here Are Our Top Ten Disaster Preparation Strategies. inaccessible? redundancy.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 29, 2011

The impacted area from Hurricane Irene was larger than the European continent. Fortunately, hundreds of disaster relief organizations (most members of the Coordinated Assistance Network ), know this and are coordinating many specially trained volunteers to assist. With more than 5.5 Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes!

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John Kenyon

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Every year we face natural disasters from fires to hurricanes to earthquakes to tornadoes and flooding. We never know when disaster may strike. Turnover & Disaster Planning similarities. While thankfully disasters are not a daily occurrence, turnover does happen in nonprofits everyday. Disaster Plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

We've compiled a list of organizations to which you can donate to support these efforts as well as some disaster recovery resources. Oxfam International's disaster relief teams are assessing the extent of the damage in the Philippines and deploying water and sanitation materials. Network for Good. wireless subscribers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

Here are some of the tips they gave for other disaster relief bloggers: Tips from Grace 1. Most times during a disaster, the survivors do not have power, so your blog isn’t for them, it is for the people on the outside who want to help them. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They connect and share any available internet connectivity across the mesh network. So that creates a redundant network where if one of those fails the others can fill in. And having a network like this, that can aggregate the sources, means you can trust a normally untrusted source, because if it fails, nothing really major happens.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

Just a few short years ago, technology in disaster response was a different animal all together. In 2005, that changed: when Hurricane Katrina hit, technology for disaster response made the leap from field workers to those affected. Data emerged as the most important asset to any disaster response.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Anthony Del Monte is the CEO and founder of Squeaky Wheel Media , a Web design and development agency based in NYC, as well as the co-founder of IHadCancer.com , one of the first social-networking sites for cancer survivors, fighters and supporters.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. As disaster relief organizations scramble to understand the situation on the ground, desperate needs for emergency food, shelter, and medical care go unmet. Instead, what if technology could prevent some of the destruction and improve aid delivery after a disaster?

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Instead of being installed on computers that are owned and operated by the organization, and located in their offices, software “in the cloud” is owned by another company, located on their computer network, and licensed to the customer organization for remote Internet access and usage. Make sense?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The days of “no signal” may be behind us with the advent of Lynk’s satellite network that lets any modern phone exchange data directly with a satellite overhead, no special antenna or chip required. That in itself would have been a remarkable and useful capability to provide to governments and network providers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

This post summarizes some of the insights related to the effective use of networks and data in healthcare information and patient advocacy. It got started in upstate NY by Pat Quinn and through social networks, it spread to Pete Frates. Stefani Klaskow, Head of Industry, Health Care at Google.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Personal PSAs are those shared via mobile and social networks, in addition to being user-generated.). *. Objective : Provide lifesaving assistance during the natural disasters that occurred in China and Myanmar. Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image Credits: Zeitview Since its founding, Zeitview claims it’s deployed drones to snap photos of wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean, real estate complexes after a Texas hurricane and thermal data from “utility-scale” solar farms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

You’re proud of the network you’ve created, so lead with a message to supporters that talks all about the numbers of pantries and numbers of people reached. The same holds true if you survived a natural disaster such as a fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or tsunami. To celebrate internally.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Emergency relief Emergency or disaster relief volunteers come into play after a major, devastating event, such as an earthquake or hurricane. Teaching volunteers valuable life skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Based on Austin, Texas, I caught up with Connie to find how she is using Social Media raise money for victims of Hurricane Ike and other recent social media fundraising causes. I've been online since the days of early dial-up modems, so I was participating in social networks before the term "social media" was even used.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Give a copy of Love Letters from the South , a beautiful photography book that pays tribute to all those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The proceeds support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and. A Good Card from Network for Good lets you show your sweetheart you have a sweet heart!

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Companies Are Prioritizing Disaster Relief and Crisis Response. In a recent study, corporate giving efforts accounted for $405 million in contributions related to disaster relief. They recognize their global supply chain can move quickly, enabling them to be on the scene at disaster sites to provide supplies and volunteers.

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Care2

JANUARY 23, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" She and Murphy were called to immediate service to search the rubble of the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In TechSoup's disaster planning and recovery guide , we recommend a 2x2x2 strategy for your mission-critical data, whether you're preparing for a hurricane or for a hacker. That means that your organization's data is only as secure as your employees' device security settings and behavior. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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