Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2016

On May 3, 2016, right in the middle of Give Local America day, the online fundraising company Kimbia's donation processing platform stopped working. Give Local America day is a big deal. " His nonprofit has an annual budget of under $35,000, almost all of it raised on the Give Local America Big Day of Giving in Sacramento.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I usually take a three-prong strategy for disaster relief. I have my go-to global organizations that do a great job at relief efforts on the ground, set up funds for long-term rebuilding, or do a terrific job of vetting local charities to support. As we watch reports of a disaster, we can give directly to people on the ground.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Verify that the nonprofit you’re giving to is legitimate and trustworthy by searching for them on sites like Charity Navigator , GuideStar , or TEOS (tax-exempt organization search). American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) exists to provide supply chain assistance to disaster relief organizations and other nonprofits.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Over time, companies become valued partners in addressing local issues, rather than occasional contributors. 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. Connect with local business owners.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2023

They’re working with local healthcare facilities and coordinating emergency shipments of vital supplies from medicine to hygiene kits. So far, they’ve provided more than 16,000 meals and have three public meal distribution sites in the western Maui towns of Lahaina, Kaanapali, and Napili, the communities most heavily impacted by the fires.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. The American Red Cross is now looking into how best to give the public an increased role in disaster response.

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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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Byte Technology

JULY 23, 2015

Imagine this scary scenario: a website owner or administrator logs in to their website at the beginning of the day only to be met with a blank screen, an ominous “you’ve been hacked” message or, even worse, a mysterious redirect to an unsavory site which all visitors, clients and customers now have the unfortunate experience of viewing.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

In fact, political fundraising is like disaster relief. And because sites like Facebook want to keep a balance of ads and organic content, you’ll see the price of advertising increase as well. Data can also help you uncover what issues affect your constituents, which is especially important in state and local elections.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

There was also a large manual component to identifying COVID-19 funding data—several people actively searched press releases, websites, membership reports, surveys, and local news for references to COVID-19 grants and pledges; coded that information; and uploaded it to the database. We continue to update the site.

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VisionLink

MAY 2, 2011

The National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster have engaged (and we are standing up a site for their work in Alabama), as are the members of the Coordinated Assistance Network. Friends and family can find one another at Safe and Well , and can check the status of local shelters here.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

As a community organizer and network weaver myself, I am incredibly excited by the #OccupyWallStreet movement that started in New York just over three months ago now (on September 17th) in response to a failing federal economy and political process that impact local, national, and international markets. Online Homebase.

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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. They also set up a wiki. Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Tips from Dina 1.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Silent disco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

My nonprofit technology, Shai Coggins , who is also Filipino and lives in Australia, wrote this post about the devastation of a massive typhoon that hit her homeland when Typhoon Haiyan (or Yolanda, as known locally) hit a few days ago. I want to donate to a local organisation who’s already doing the work in the affected areas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Those initial fundings rarely come from online donations, most are community-based initiatives, companies, and local government incentives. 3) You founded Doare, a crowdfunding site for charitable organizations in Brazil. 14% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 6% have charitable giving in their last will and testament.

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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]. He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

For more on iCloud pricing and backup, see Apple's dedicated iCloud site. You should see the Backups section, which gives you the choice to either automatically back up to iCloud or do a full backup of your iPhone or iPad to your computer (locally). If your iOS device crashes, you can then restore from that locally-saved backup.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2019

billion active daily users worldwide- that’s 66% of its monthly users- making Facebook the third most-visited site in the world. The Crisis Response tools enable nonprofits to reach people in need after a crisis, such as a natural disaster. The social media giant has 1.47

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Users of the site enter data about their neighborhood preferences, family makeup, rent budget, and commute requirements.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Borrow from political organizers to build a grassroots movement at scale by empowering supporters locally with the right messages and tools to spread your mission. Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. HEALTH & DISASTER RESPONSE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

rewards users for volunteering at local food banks, animal shelters and other organizations. Volunteering earns you points, which can be redeemed for discounts at local businesses. SF Heroes is a disaster preparedness iPhone app for the San Francisco area created for the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Your nonprofit’s mission is likely the same as it was when your organization began; to make an impact and to effect change, whether locally, nationally or globally. You’ll be able to free up internal resources and worry less about what to do if disaster strikes when a server dies.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Users of the site enter data about their neighborhood preferences, family makeup, rent budget, and commute requirements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

To meet people where they already are, we created a Facebook group and wiki site to share information. a hat tip to one of the local area codes. GiveMN suffered a technical blow during its Giving Day, which shut down its donation site for hours. And the group got creative when it came to offers.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

You may find this list of relief agencies useful, as you build links on your CommunityOS site to help the people of Haiti. Staff members from less-affected regions of Haiti are mobilizing, and World Vision''s global experts are expected to arrive in the disaster zone as soon as possible. • These are not listed in any particular order.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. The work of the CrisisCamps was indeed both global and local -- and the cloud infrastructure made it possible. CrisisCamps is not a rogue example.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

Anna Jaeger, the CTO of Caravan Studios, describes Caravan Studios' approach as a human-centered methodology to develop apps that help communities organize, access, and apply local resources to address social problems. Caravan Studios employs a five-step process that begins and ends with deep community engagement. Images: Erica Mesker.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

(Please visit the site to view this video). Your charity can host local workshops, activities, and tours so guests can get to know your cause. Veritas offers charities and libraries two essential product donations for disaster recovery and also in case of being hacked: Backup Exec and System Recovery.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Some of those images were released on sites like Reddit, Imgur, and 4chan in an attempt to sell them for bitcoin , the virtual currency, and then shared far and wide. That means two copies of your data, in two different places (maybe one local and one in the cloud), and accessible by two different people. How to Protect Your Data.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

Please visit the site to view this video). From local athletes and community members in Boston it quickly became a national movement. " This seems interesting considering that "downer news," more specifically disaster imagery, has always driven up donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

These are my notes for webinar about Nonprofits and Slideshare , a social site where community members share presentations, documents and pdfs. Here’s a slideshow that summarizes research interviews of donors from a local humane society. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. 8) Advocacy. And, a missing child alert.

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