Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2011

Words cannot describe the devastation that has engulfed Japan, and pictures paint a grim scenario that will affect the region for years to come. As someone with many ties to Japan and has been to the afflicted area in the past, I am certain that in spite of this tragedy, the spirit and resilience of the Japanese people will prevail.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

Looking to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and Tusanmi, but don’t know where to start? “ Vonage , a provider of voice-over-internet-protocol communications, also said it will waive per-minute calling charges from 830 pm March 11 until 830 pm (EST) March 18 for customers call from their Vonage home phones to Japan.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

LivingSocial Deal Contributes $2 Million to Japan Disaster Relief: "LivingSocial has raised $2,301,130 for the American Red Cross’s Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund after leveraging its popular group-buying platform to solicit donations.Instead of offering a discount coupon for a product or activity, the site offered its more than 24 million (..)

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This edition of the App It Up project "Cool App Roundup" highlights different ways apps can be used in disaster, crisis, and emergency situations. Preparing for Disaster. The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

How Effective was Crisis Mapping During the 2011 Japan Earthquake? The volunteers behind 4636 – the Ushahidi crisis map that enabled Haitian earthquake victims to broadcast disaster conditions via text – formed a significant portion of the humanitarian response to the quake.

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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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AFP Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

How Not to Thank an Online Donor During a Disaster - Thanking an Online Donor AFter a Disaster: "I decided to see what charities were doing in response to online donations given to help Japan. Only one provided a thank you email that was specific to the relief efforts in Japan. The others

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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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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Because they can detect nuances in plantings that can’t be viewed effectively from the ground—healthy densities for example—they can help farmers plan ahead to avoid disasters arising from droughts, infections that can wipe out entire yields and even whether or not certain sections of plantings are maturing at a faster rate than others.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? TIME NewsFeed: "In an age when you can balance your bank account or make dinner reservations from your cell phone, it's no surprise that disaster relief efforts have gone mobile. magnitude earthquake that struck last Friday?

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders. We’re not having a purely academic/technical debate: rapid humanitarian response in a disaster saves lives. As a thought experiment, imagine this approach being used in the Japan tsunami. Delay costs lives.

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Care2

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Some key signs that online donations have gone mainstream are the prevalence of disaster relief gifts. Only 1 in 10 gifts were given to the 9/11 disaster online vs. 1 in 3 gifts were given online/mobile to the Japan earthquake disaster. Check out these stats! What has changed for your organization over the last decade?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

" 6 questions to prepare you for a social media crisis – "In social media, the disasters people talk about most are fundamentally crises of public relations. " 6 questions to prepare you for a social media crisis – "In social media, the disasters people talk about most are fundamentally crises of public relations.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

Giving to disaster relief is as easy as your nearest ATM | StarTribune.com : "Wells Fargo customers logging into ATM machines this month found a new option on their screens. In just 10 days, the ubiquitous ATM machines collected more than $1 million for Japan relief efforts by the American Red Cross. Donate they did.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

I’ve been following the fundraising response to Japan very closely and so I was very pleased to be able to sit down with Katie Beth DeSchepper of StrategicOne earlier today. She’s quick to point out though, that success has really got more to do with knowing enough about how well your strategy is working before a disaster strikes.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Disasters strike and organizations provide humanitarian aid - it's that simple. Direct Relief International was involved in the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and the Japan earthquake in 2011, providing aid to thousands. They're also currently involved in a very recent disaster relief effort from Hurricane Isaac.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

API For Disaster Response. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts in 2011. Is your company interested in using the GlobalGiving API? LEARN MORE. Featured Photo: Give Argentine Youth a Chance by Fundacion Cimientos.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The Japan Center for International Exchange has built a searchable donor database to track donations from all over the world as a major part of their Japan disaster relief efforts.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 15, 2011

Isn’t it amazing how brave some folks become in the face of disaster? I heard the same comparison about the disaster in Japan. Some of those same Americans are still alive today and making donations to help the Japanese people in this terrible disaster they are experiencing. Or the time of day. Interesting, huh?

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AFP Blog

MAY 13, 2011

TechNet Blogs : "n order to assist with the recovery, TechSoup Japan, a program of the Japan NPO Center, is working with Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec to aid local nonprofit organizations whose facilities are damaged in the earthquake by providing software donations.

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Global Giving

AUGUST 21, 2018

API For Disaster Response. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts. The Give & Grow Shopify app from Pledgeling seamlessly integrates donations into online shopping by allowing business owners to choose a cause and donation amount for each of their products.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

In addition, a majority of those surveyed (56%) have continued to give to more recent disaster relief efforts—such as the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan—using their mobile phones.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

During the past few years, InterConnection has also participated in supplying badly needed IT equipment to disaster stricken areas like Chile , Haiti and Pakistan , and Japan. I was going to list all the countries where they send computers, but it’s just too long. Suffice to say that they’re a leader in the U.S.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster. Author: Kent Gilliam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2007

t have to learn it in a disaster, can easily switch to serving a totally different function in an emergency. it harnesses the power of existing social networks during a disaster. Is Twitter in wide use overseas, and if so, mainly in Europe, Japan, and major cities? it solves a serious problem in a simple way. oriented or Web 2.0

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

6 I surmise from the report that this generosity was in response to basic human needs existing in developing countries and not as much by the natural disasters of prior years (Japan being an exception). “This tracks with data from Giving USA, which reported an increase of 3.8% in overall U.S. giving and a 15.3% REMITTANCES (U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I think it's important to donate to Japan and Haiti and other places that have suffered from natural disasters. Oh, and Travis, text REDCROSS to 90999 to easily donate $10 to help Japan. :) April 7, 2011 9:06 AM Anonymoussaid. I really should make an effort to donate more to other causes. It's a problem.

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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. One of the scenarios where it's especially important to be able to handle unusually high amounts of traffic is after a disaster, which is why Second Harvest Japan decided to host its Emergency Response Portal in the cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities. Tragedy - In Breaking Bad, Walter White dives into the world of making meth. He falls into something bad and gets more and more evil each day. You can focus on the negative as part of your storyline.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck. For more information, check out TechSoup Canada's recorded webinar on Google Apps. Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Services.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck. For more information, check out TechSoup Canada's recorded webinar on Google Apps. Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Services.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck. For more information, check out TechSoup Canada's recorded webinar on Google Apps. Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Services.

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