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Preparing for the Inevitable: How Grantmakers Can Thrive Amid Climate Events

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A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits. Take the Long View Disaster recovery is a long-term process.

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Samsung’s Find My Mobile feature now works with offline devices

The Verge

The “Offline finding” function will leverage a network of nearby Galaxy devices — it looks similar to the “Community Find” feature that Tile trackers use when they’re out of Bluetooth range. Looks like Samsung just added offline finding to Samsung's Find My Mobile. Max Weinbach of XDA Developers spotted the feature on Saturday.

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Improve Online Donor Retention with these 5 Proven Follow Up Techniques

NetWits

In fact, online donors are worth a lot more than offline donors. Typically they’re first-time donors who shell out nearly double the amount that offline first-time donors do - to the tune of $62 versus $32 on average, according to our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report. 2) Tie Offline Contact Directly to Online Gifts.

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Doing What You Do Best Offline, Online

NTEN

It's the stories of people overcoming odds, of what happened to a neighborhood when something drastic changed, of how an environment is poised to bounce back from a disaster. Online, we look for the same things we look for offline: connection to something genuine, and a way to share that connection with other people.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

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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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

He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. Marc VanBree talks about it from his experience as a free agent raising money for disaster relief in Nashville. She Jillian York’s critique. Is face-to-face contact the only way to build strong ties?

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TechSoup's Disaster Planning and Recovery Guide

Tech Soup

Most organizations don't think about disaster planning until it's too late. Since Hurricane Katrina struck the US in 2005, TechSoup has created and maintained content specific to nonprofits, libraries, and charities on disaster planning and recovery. Do you have any experience dealing with disaster recovery?