Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Hurricane season kicked off on June 1 and we’ve already got our first tropical depression in the Atlantic. After working at the Red Cross for nearly 4 years, I learned a long time ago that real disasters aren’t always the ones you see coming. Does your organization need a disaster fundraising plan? What’s your plan?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It was after Hurricane Laura, and I wanted to give to an organization that directly supports our community. When I began researching the foundation , I really appreciated viewing the documents on their website that they make available to the public. I began donating to the Community Foundation of SWLA in May of 2021.

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Classy

AUGUST 17, 2021

Photo featured on the Hope for Haiti website. Team Rubicon mobilizes veterans to offer their services, skills, and expertise to people preparing for, responding to, or recovering from disasters. . Photo featured on the Team Rubicon website. Get real-time updates on social media: Instagram: @hopeforhaiti . Team Rubicon.

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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. The PRC accepts donations via PayPal or through UShare on its website. One of the quickest ways to seek relief or find more information in times of disaster is by way of a mobile app.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. As we have seen in natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Chile Earthquake, people are using social media to reach out for help.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

I learned a new word: “ Cybercondria ” or the unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one’s health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. Stefani gave an overview of health care technology trends and some projects that Google is working on.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

With social media platforms and a dynamic website, you can spread the word about your mission easily and attract new potential donors quickly. Instead, with online fundraising, you can be sure that most of the money you raise will go directly towards your mission. With virtual fundraising, it’s also much easier to expand your reach.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Technology Challenges in Katrina Disaster Relief.

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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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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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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So if you’re shopping for software or maybe you’re in the market or just curious about us, visit our website. You can find out more in our website, so we’ll just breeze over that. So if you’re a disaster response organization, this is a toughie. That’s what Bloomerang is. Was it an Easter campaign?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Harnessing Databases for Disaster Relief. David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. After the hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people, online survivor registries began appearing on multiple websites. CRM for Nonprofits: CiviCRM and NetSuite. project.

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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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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

For more detail, read How Cloud Storage Works on the howstuffworks website. Make sure that you can always get your hands on backup copies of the data from all of your business systems in the event of a disaster. Make sense? It is a little dated, but still very good. Both are equally as damaging to your organization.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2014

During my 4 years at both the local and national level, I worked on several disaster operations— from the house fire in the middle of the night to some of the most devastating hurricanes to ever hit the US. What does disaster fundraising have to do with ALS? In just 2 weeks this tactic helped us secure 24 meetings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. will have the opportunity to earn a spot on the GlobalGiving website if they mobilize supporters to raise $4,000 from at least 50 unique donors. NTEN has two fantastic events this month!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

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. Organization(s) : Save the Children and Verizon Wireless. Cool Factor : Assists during times of emergency.

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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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