NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. BUT, what if we did invite the public to provide situational awareness such as telling us about the elderly people on a hill? The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response.

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Disaster Haiti Social Media Hurricane 89

Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Charity Village

JANUARY 20, 2023

Infrastructure Canada is now accepting applications for new projects through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF).

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VisionLink

MARCH 3, 2020

Community Infection & Quarantine Tracker Available Now Visionlink announces the COVID-19 Infection and Quarantine Tracker for 2-1-1s, I&R Centers, Aging Agencies, Crisis Lines and Disaster Agencies. Because the virus has so many undefined behaviors, daily status and symptom checks are critical for local and state response planning.

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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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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2023

Starting on page 6, with the fact that weather-related disasters are clearly on the rise, it is now increasingly important that our government agencies continue to help fund and guide mitigation and resilience-building efforts. You can find it here: National Preparedness Report December 2022 Here is our take.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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Haiti Social Media Disaster Media 82

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

When I began researching the foundation , I really appreciated viewing the documents on their website that they make available to the public. The post Why I Donated: Why I Give $100 To My Local Community Foundation Every Year appeared first on Bloomerang. I also have a friend who works at the foundation who I respect a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. “ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 In Columbia, S.C.,

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America Local Disaster Lesson 50

VisionLink

APRIL 9, 2020

Thousands of COVID-19 volunteers and donated essential supplies are matched with states’ needs through an innovative pro bono tech and volunteer partnership BOULDER, CO, April 9, 2020 – Americans are no strangers to disasters. A hallmark of U.S. Our technology suite is in use in dozens of states around the country and more are joining.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. Successful implementation of these programs will require close coordination with state, tribal, and local leaders like yourself.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The point is that after Katrina the public will have little patience with an unprepared response to any significant man-made or natural disaster that impacts your area. Thus, one of the very useful steps is to launch a registry to pre-capture information about those who will have particular needs should disaster strike.

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Disaster America Template Global 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. " 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. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Web Social Media Disaster Netsquared 114

Candid

JULY 20, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Many nonprofits also engaged in disaster relief efforts out of necessity, despite having no previous experience in relief work. .

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India Philanthropy Disaster Fund 131

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although accessibility answers the question of reliability, latency is answered by speed of the network, locality to the customer, and the speed of the merchant’s site and applications. A quality provider will advise their clients to take the database and move it to its own server, away from direct public access.

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Hosting Disaster Network Site 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving. The Surprising Truth About Disaster Donor Fatigue – guest post by Alson Carlman, Global Giving. Disaster relief organizations have been working around the clock to respond to seven catastrophic disasters in the past two months. It will surprise you.

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Donor Disaster Puerto Rico Sierra Leone 111

VisionLink

AUGUST 29, 2011

The Red Cross opened more than 500 shelters, providing local assistance across the entire eastern seaboard. The challenge now is to keep the public engaged as the storm resulted in more chaos than the reports of "missing the bullet" would suggest. The impacted area from Hurricane Irene was larger than the European continent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for good. Mobile technologies will extend the global online network to anyone with a mobile device while enabling countless local networks to form in the real world. He is the founder of MomentFeed , a location-based marketing, strategy, and technology firm.

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Change Disaster Green Local 110

NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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Hurricane Social Media Media Social 80

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”. Corporations account for 55% of the total dollar value of grants awarded; foundations and public charities 40%; and high-net-worth individuals for 5%.

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Ukraine Philanthropy Global Pledge 126

Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

adults say they have experienced some kind of extreme weather in recent years, according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with about half saying they’ve been personally affected by severe cold weather or severe winter storms. I do think humans are speeding up that process.”

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Recode by Vox

MARCH 8, 2025

But Project Icarus put the idea of asteroid defense out into the public. With an estimated diameter of 130 to 300 feet, it wouldnt be a world-ender, but it could cause severe local damage if it were to collide with the Earth. Which was worrying, because early calculations suggested it had as much as a 3.1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Success Factors: Public Engagement: The challenge was simple, fun, and encouraged user-generated content, leading to massive social media engagement and celebrity participation. Collaborate with Partners Form Partnerships – Collaborate with local businesses, other nonprofits, local influencers/personalities, or community organizations.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The search giant launched the tool in 2018 for India’s Patna region, but it says it’s been slowly increasing coverage in coordination with local government. Google has long been interested in providing warnings about natural disasters and national emergencies like floods, wildfires, and earthquakes. Image: Google.

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Bangladesh India Google Literacy 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

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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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

He has also served as senior tech advisor to Mike Bloomberg, focusing on helping startups and nonprofits at the intersection of tech, software and government at the federal, state and local levels. Tech talent can thrive in the public sector but government must invest in it. More posts by this contributor. Mike Ference. Contributor.

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Government Tech Marketing United States 93

Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

Join in on The World's Fare and host a dinner for six or more friends at 7pm local time on October 5, 2012 (last day of the Conference). We’ll compile all of the ideas online, and akin to the original World’s Fair, it'll all be capped off with a giant celebration of innovation at a public pavilion in NYC the next day."

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Web Social Media Facebook Bookmarking 129

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

In addition, the emergence of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud where companies are migrating more workloads and apps from on-prem to public cloud is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. an on-premises data center and public cloud like Amazon Web Services), while multi-cloud combines different clouds of the same type (e.g.,

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Data Fund Business Serbia 101

The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Give back to your community (think local first). 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. As they begin to experience the company or brand, the work that they do for that client is bound to improve.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Data within the application is sourced from public data sets about housing, transit, education, and economic statistics, as well as private data sources covering specific neighborhood features like banks and supermarkets. " Humaninet has built a variety of mapping applications for use in disaster preparedness and recovery.

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Tools Map Disaster Portland 73

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The largest theme that is constant in disaster philanthropy is partnership. 82% of that funding came from corporations, where 18% was sourced from independent, community and public foundations. Of course, 2017 has added significant other challenges with the high frequency of natural disasters in a short period of time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways. Time Magazine provocatively named “The Protester” as its 2011 “Person of the Year” for its riveting influence on last year’s social and political events.

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Social Organization Social Media San Francisco 110

Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

Does your nonprofit have a public relations strategy? After all, maintaining your nonprofit’s public profile is a lot of work—and it can often take awhile before you start seeing results. By using thought leadership and social media content you can build your nonprofit public relations strategy on pillars of trust and credibility.

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Public Strategy Build Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. As the issues became more public and more people started looking for others and taking action, it was necessary for an organization to form that could provide some of the infrastructure and administration of the community and it’s work.

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Community Build Technology Action 220

Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. Data for Public Service Delivery. It harnesses locally based solutions to decrease the effects of disasters and rehabilitate communities in disaster-prone areas.

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Data Student Open Impact 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We talked to people working with public records extraction in real time, with designers building lightweight, real-time presentation sharing tools, Google engineers have some incredible ideas about ways they hope that their PubSubHubbub real-time protocol will be used – stuff like real-world sensor networks and contact info syncing.

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