Tips for Developing Successful Websites for Nonprofits
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 25, 2024
Many nonprofits dread a website redesign because of unreasonable pressure to launch a 100% perfect website. This is a recipe for disaster.
Securing your Website Against Attacks
Byte Technology
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Comprehensive website security includes an entire suite of tools to shield against data breaches, service disruption, and malware infections. It includes higher technologies like website application firewalls and also dynamic steps like vulnerability scanning. It shields the email system, network, and server.
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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions
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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How to Manage Google Ads Through a Website Relaunch or Redesign
Whole Whale
AUGUST 26, 2024
A website relaunch is an important and nerve-wracking moment for every organization: it’s exciting to reveal a new brand or approach (and hours of hard work) to the world. But far too often, it’s a cringeworthy moment when things go awry – things that can have a lasting effect on the website’s performance in the future. Check for 404s.
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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Why Social Media?
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Join us at NVOAD Conference!
VisionLink
MAY 3, 2022
With last year's conference 100% virtual, this year will be extra-exciting for us as we connect with longtime friends and collaborate as an association of organizations that mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters. We are proud to provide the DART Disaster Agency Response Technology platform to NVOAD. See you in Maryland!
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Nonprofit Technology Planning for Disasters (and Turnover)
John Kenyon
SEPTEMBER 1, 2018
Every year we face natural disasters from fires to hurricanes to earthquakes to tornadoes and flooding. We never know when disaster may strike. Turnover & Disaster Planning similarities. While thankfully disasters are not a daily occurrence, turnover does happen in nonprofits everyday. Disaster Plan.
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iPhone App for Disaster Shelters
VisionLink
FEBRUARY 20, 2011
VisionLink has launched a Shelter View iPhone App now available in the Apple iTunes store, providing information about disaster shelters across the United States. The application provides links to donate, or to view up to date disaster information from the Red Cross Newsroom website. Download it now. Stay tuned!
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Join Our Team - We're Hiring!
VisionLink
AUGUST 31, 2023
Our Community Operating System™ is used by large and small nonprofits, 211’s, elder care agencies, state, county, and federal agencies, disaster relief organizations, and many others. These multi-partner, multi-program initiatives leverage the power of coordinated care to make a difference that matters.
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Resources to Help Those Impacted By Hurricane Ian
Blue Fox
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Support and Donate Statewide & General Relief American Red Cross - Hurricane Ian Relief | redcross.org Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s 2022 Hurricane Season Fund | disasterphilanthropy.org Good360 - Short and Long-Term Relief | good360.org Support Blue Fox Clients in Florida - They Need Your Help More than Ever! Johns | co.st-johns.fl.us
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Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 31, 2012
project has a slew of resources for both responders and those affected by disasters. Tweak the Tweet is a layered map that shows the locations of disaster-related Twitter hashtags. Recovers.org is a simple tool that helps affected communities create websites to organize disaster recovery efforts. More Resources.
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How to Prevent Hacking on Your Nonprofit’s Website
Elevation
APRIL 30, 2020
The cyber security disasters large companies such as Home Depot and Target face seem far afield from the concerns and issues faced by nonprofits. However, similar to major corporations, nonprofits are a feeding ground of financial and personal information on which hackers are eager to prey.
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The Southwest Airlines Flight Fiasco: Lessons For Your Nonprofit
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
While you may never find yourself in a crisis of this magnitude at your nonprofit, you can learn from Southwest’s mistakes and use those lessons to prepare for a potential disaster. Here are a few examples of challenges your organization may face: A winter storm or other climate disaster impacts your local community. What happened?
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The Hack Attack: The First Steps to Take When Your Website is Compromised
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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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 23, 2023
These images are especially useful for timely situations such as natural disasters, protests against racism, or economic turbulence. Or, like Feeding America, you can build donor preferences into your website , a smart fix. Do you need revenue short term? If so, using negative images can be an effective way to show urgent need.
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When Fundraising Disaster Strikes, What Should You Do?
Tech Soup
MAY 12, 2016
The nonprofit had raised about $11,000 in donations before the Kimbia website failure. Disaster Planning and Recovery. We advocate that all organizations have some type of disaster planning in place for such occasions. It is a holistic guide to disaster planning and recovery. It ended up raising $39,000. spanhidden.
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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery
Tech Soup
AUGUST 25, 2015
" Saskatoon Public Library's support is just one of many examples of public libraries supporting disaster preparedness and relief. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness. The library is a natural place for community members to obtain information on disaster preparedness. Libraries as Evacuee Resource Centers.
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Disaster Can Strike Anywhere. Is Your Organization Prepared?
Connection Cafe
JULY 2, 2014
After working at the Red Cross for nearly 4 years, I learned a long time ago that real disasters aren’t always the ones you see coming. Does your organization need a disaster fundraising plan? A disaster can be as big as a hurricane or as small as a water main break that floods your office and surrounding neighborhood.
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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More
Whole Whale
MAY 2, 2024
Writing meta descriptions for main pages on your website is another good task that will help indexing of a website. Website content SEO clean-up Have interns use Google Analytics to identify frequently visited pages that have been ignored. This is especially easy if WordPress or another simple CMS is being used.
Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Webinar Recap
Tech Soup
JUNE 13, 2012
Wondering how the cloud fits in with your nonprofit or library’s disaster recovery plan? Sam Chenkin, product manager for npCloud, discussed all of this and more in our recent webinar, Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud. Disasters Big and Small. You can now view the archive on the TechSoup YouTube page.
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How to Use UTMs to Leverage Donor Acquisition for Your Nonprofit
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 13, 2022
One talked about species extinction, and the other talked about the prevalence of natural disasters. The one talking about natural disasters was responsible for 80% of your donors, and 10% of those donors went on to become regular givers when you asked them 2 weeks later. Examples: facebook, google, instagram, blog, website, qr-code.
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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award
VisionLink
OCTOBER 16, 2015
VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The West Virginia VOAD connects various organizations enabling them to work together during disaster, providing response, relief, and recovery.
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100 6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014
TechImpact
DECEMBER 23, 2013
According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year. Image courtesy of Givelify. Integrate a range of payment options.
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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis
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”. Candid collects data from publicly available sources, including press releases, websites, membership reports and surveys, and local reporting.
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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti
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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How to Help After the Maui Wildfire
Qgiv
AUGUST 15, 2023
Check out their website and their active logistics needs to find out how you can provide support or donate here to support relief efforts. You can register a disaster food drop-off on their website or sign up to be a disaster response volunteer if you’re in Maui and want to contribute.
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Giving Trends in Mexico: Millennials and Gen Z Drive Rise in Online Giving
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
The top three causes are medical expenses (25%), start-up costs for a social enterprise (25%), and disaster relief (23%). 78% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 72% of donors in Mexico are more likely to trust organizations that use the.org domain extension for website and email communications. ?
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4 Emerging Technologies That Will Affect Nonprofits
TechImpact
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
Text message and SMS fundraising campaigns saw particularly high growth rates in the wake of natural disasters and other “must fund now” type donation campaigns. With close to 70% of cell phone users using their mobile device to access the internet, raising money through mobile donations is an area that is expected to only grow.
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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More
Whole Whale
MAY 2, 2024
Writing meta descriptions for main pages on your website is another good task that will help indexing of a website. Website content SEO clean-up Have interns use Google Analytics to identify frequently visited pages that have been ignored. This is especially easy if WordPress or another simple CMS is being used.
It’s Giving Season. Here’s how to donate wisely.
Candid
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Additionally, you can visit a nonprofit’s website and read its annual report to find this information. You can also look these materials up on the IRS website, if the organization is unwilling to share their tax-exempt documentation with you. You can also check a nonprofit’s profile to see if it has a Candid Seal of Transparency.
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Social Media Best Practices: 12 Tips for Making the Best of Any Social Site
NetWits
JULY 6, 2011
So make sure to take advantage of all the profile space you have by adding a picture, putting up information about your organization, providing links back to your website and so on. Or you may want to find individuals who are talking about the events around the world where disaster relief is needed. Activate your network.
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Why great IT support is mission-critical for nonprofits
Candid
JUNE 8, 2021
As the world becomes increasingly technologically advanced, it is not enough to have an up-to-date website and social media presence. Some of the IT services you can outsource are network administration and management, disaster recovery planning/assistance, and network security audits. It's mission-critical.
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Recovers.org, a Marketplace for Disaster Relief - Businessweek
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2012
Recovers.org, a Marketplace for Disaster Relief - Businessweek : O’Neill’s startup, Recovers.org, has set up websites in four New York City boroughs to manage relief efforts and prevent the logistical chaos that often follows catastrophes when well-meaning volunteers overwhelm government officials and relief organizations.
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The Cloud for Nonprofits
VisionLink
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Photo storage & sharing sites like Dropbox.com E-mail sites like Gmail, Yahoo mail, or hotmail Video Conferencing providers Website hosting sites Social Media How can the cloud simplify IT? This cloud service gives organizations email services, file sharing, contact and calendar sharing, SharePoint, website hosting, and more.
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New Mobile Giving Facts You Must Know
TechImpact
AUGUST 7, 2014
in 2013 and you have a recipe for disaster. One could surmise Google will begin docking search engine rank points for websites that are not optimized for mobile. We’ve all heard about the $30 million dollars the Red Cross raised through mobile in just a few hours in the wake of the Haiti natural disaster. SEO matters.
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Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters
The Modern Nonprofit
MARCH 26, 2024
In the face of humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the generosity of individuals often shines through, leading to a significant influx of donations. Are you optimizing your website and utilizing SEO to attract and engage potential supporters? How are you segmenting and communicating with donors through personalized journeys?
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Typhoon Haiyan: How to Help with Recovery Efforts
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
We've compiled a list of organizations to which you can donate to support these efforts as well as some disaster recovery resources. The PRC accepts donations via PayPal or through UShare on its website. One of the quickest ways to seek relief or find more information in times of disaster is by way of a mobile app.
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Social Media Data Mapping
VisionLink
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
The view includes FEMA boundaries, open disaster shelters, social media hash tags specific to the Winter Storm, and other relevant information. In the disaster realm, this solution is the same platform supporting the National Shelter System, Safe & Well, and the Coordinated Assistance Network.
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Top Corporate Giving Software to Drive Employee Engagement
Double the Donation
MAY 25, 2021
CyberGrants is another top corporate giving software solution that offers fully integrated tools for grants management, employee giving, volunteerism, disbursement, disaster relief, and more. Visit their website for a free 30-day trial. Visit their website to book a demo. Overview of This Corporate Giving Software.
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Giving USA 2021 Key Findings: How to Retain and Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Before Year’s End
Bloomerang
AUGUST 30, 2021
Fearing the sky was falling, they thought people would hunker down and fundraising would be a disaster. direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. There were many at the beginning of the pandemic who suffered a crisis of confidence.
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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022
Candid
APRIL 23, 2024
DAFs present a lower barrier to entry for donors who can then activate their funds to mobilize disaster relief aid, complement a community foundation’s discretionary grantmaking, or fill existing funding gaps.
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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 13, 2015
When your online donors and advocates see that your nonprofit uses.NGO or.ONG for your website URL and email addresses, there will be no doubt in their minds that your nonprofit is legal because your nonprofit must complete a validation process via OnGood to be able to use the domain s. Think about that for a second or two. United Kingdom.
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100 Ask the Experts: The Best Security Tips for Your WordPress Site
Byte Technology
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
And ignoring it can lead to innumerable headaches, stress and even disaster down the road. Here’s a few great tips from them that every website owner should heed when planning and implementing security protocols. Have a good host server. Unfortunately, choosing a good host server isn’t as easy as one may think.
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Be Certain You’re Prepared for Uncertainty
Top Nonprofits
JANUARY 5, 2022
There is no denying that external factors – whether it be a pandemic, natural disaster, economic or political upheaval – can have a very significant impact on your ability to raise money. Learn more about Advancement Advisors on their website: advancementadvisorsgroup.com. Connect with them on social media on LinkedIn or Facebook.
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