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The Countdown is On: Celebrating National 211 Day!

VisionLink

211 is the most comprehensive source of information about local resources and services in the country. It's powered by people: thousands of caring, local experts are available to help, 24/7. Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. Calls to 211 are confidential and can be anonymous.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org org inspired him in ways he never imagined."

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Nonprofit Mapping 101: Use Maps to Tell Your Org's Stories

NTEN

Combining maps with data can take you even further: Humaninet uses GIS to help disaster response teams; Movesmart.org helps people find apartments in Chicago; Map Kibera is adding a level of detail to one of Africa's largest slums even Google Maps can't offer.

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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you come across any useful Twitter accounts related to Ida - local news accounts, weather spotters, volunteers, local orgs, etc - please add them to the wiki here: [link]. This site worked much like Katrina Aftermath , with aggregations of content generated by the public, news orgs and govt agencies.

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One, the key issue facing activists who wish for real social change is the mismatch between the scale of our problems (global) and the natural scale of our sociality (local). Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville. I will make two main points in this post.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. org before? Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level.

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Vote for TechSoup's Sessions for the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference!

Tech Soup

New Collaboration and Connection Tools in Office 2010 Your Org Will Dig. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Local Nonprofit Tech Groups: How to Start, Sustain and Grow Collaboration Where You Are. Mixing It Up! Online and Offline Community Organizing. Online Marketing for Nonprofits.