Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2012

We hope all of our readers on the East Coast are safe and sound after Hurricane Sandy. I also wanted to share Cynthia Samuels, (who runs the Care2 Cause Channel) terrific compilation of resources on how folks can help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Check it out and let me know if you have additional resources to add.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Even before Facebook helped raise $10 million dollars for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy for Hurricane Harvey relief, Facebook “Donate” buttons and fundraisers created by Facebook users were popping up in the feed with increased frequency. 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. 14% said Twitter. 10% said Instagram.

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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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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Secretary of Health and Human Service Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer American Heart Association Under Brown’s leadership as CEO since 2008, the AHA has become a global authority on cardiovascular and brain health as well as overall well-being. He is an effective leader who understands the needs of veterans and has experience delivering.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

CDP’s Cari Cullen describes a derecho as a “storm with hurricane-force winds in a place where the infrastructure isn’t built for hurricane-force winds.” This list isn’t exhaustive, and far more could have been written about hurricanes, droughts, and other disasters and humanitarian crises that happened in 2020.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. In it, we examined?available?2019?data philanthropy,?analyzing?funding

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our collective attention has been almost singularly focused on the pandemic and its global effects. Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has filled our newsfeeds, our schools, our politics, and our living rooms for two years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer. Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. since Aug.)

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Eight years ago, 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement , a major step in global cooperation to fight climate change by reducing emissions and pollution. of global net emissions are from the healthcare sector. Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, impacting both the planet and our health. Since then, the U.S.

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DipJar

APRIL 20, 2021

Conservation – With more than 187 global partners, LMC works to establish global sea turtle conservation programs backed by the Center’s world-class data. During this time, the eggs can be eaten by predators, damaged by tropical storms and hurricanes, exposed by beach goers digging on the beach, and more.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 19, 2021

Global Empowerment Mission has already deployed one ship full of supplies to Haiti and is continuing to raise funds to aid in their distribution efforts. Supporting nonprofits in their hurricane relief efforts helps tremendously with the relief effort. You can learn more about their work and make a gift here. Find the Helpers.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2021

Whether it’s a hurricane, a tornado, a typhoon or a flood, these organizations mobilize and are ready to fill whatever needs they can. As we head into 2021 Atlantic hurricane and wildfire season in the northern hemisphere, the need for safeguarding vulnerable employees becomes more pressing each day.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 16, 2021

This in-depth roundtable discussion focused on how these organizations have navigated the tectonic technological terrain created by the global pandemic, and what life will, or should, look like for nonprofits post-pandemic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Apply Pressure to Limit Global Warming to 1.5 For example, humanitarian organisations like Oxfam are delivering disaster relief to people whose homes have been destroyed by severe weather, innovating drought-resistant agricultural crops, and training farmers in new techniques to improve the resilience of local and global supply chains.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Target’s Disaster Relief CSR Program Globally-known company Target launched a disaster relief program to showcase its commitment to helping in times of crisis and humanitarian need. They recognize their global supply chain can move quickly, enabling them to be on the scene at disaster sites to provide supplies and volunteers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. The Red Cross hurricane app uses GPS to find the nearest shelters.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The devastation we see from Hurricane Ian's destructive path is hard to process. If you have time, talent, or treasure to donate to support these organizations serving in the wake of Hurricane Ian, please do. Click here to find ways to volunteer and assist those in need from the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Johns | co.st-johns.fl.us

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 21, 2021

And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. Birgit Cameron, the global director of Patagonia Provisions, is passionate about the integral role that nature — and specifically soil — will play in saving our planet.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

Climate change is a global, systemic crisis and there are many points of entry.”. At the same time, communities are facing acute climate issues in the here and now, such as losing their homes to a hurricane. To solve the global climate crisis, our next opportunity is to work collaboratively to find ways to scale these endeavors.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Target’s Disaster Relief CSR Program Globally-known company Target launched a disaster relief program to showcase its commitment to helping in times of crisis and humanitarian need. They recognize their global supply chain can move quickly, enabling them to be on the scene at disaster sites to provide supplies and volunteers.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Valentine’s Day does have groups like Eve Ensler’s V-Day that promotes ending violence against women globally through performances of The Vagina Monologues and other awareness events. billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Donna Callejon with kids in village in Guatemala - the houses, latrines, etc are being built partly with Global Giving support. Tell me about you - how did you end up working in global philanthropy? I met Dennis Whittle, Global Giving's co-founder, at a social entrepreneurship conference in Geneva.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. I next attended a session on global biodiversity, and ended up talking to two of the three speakers afterwards about our Miradi project and about the software idea from my friends at Waste Concern. Today was an example of this.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Developed by the Pacific Disaster Center, Disaster Alert (Android, iOS) shows global hazard information via a map that updates in real-time. Microsoft's HelpBridge. Apps Made by Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

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. As our global cloud computing survey has found out, nonprofits and charities are adopting cloud computing like other sectors.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

In light of that trend and all the recent travel upheaval due to COVID – 19, with increasing restrictions being placed on companies and their global workforce, we wanted to address creative alternatives to traditional volunteer events. . Global Volunteer Programs. United Nations : The UN runs a?virtual

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating typhoon in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. After Hurricane Sandy, we compiled a list of general IT safety tips to help you recover hardware and IT equipment after a disaster. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

It’s normal to feel pangs of fear every time a big event happens – hurricanes, earthquakes, war, global humanitarian crises – taking away some of your donors’ attention. Unfortunately, some of my colleagues were left flailing and begging for last-minute support in the wake of 9/11 because their funding streams were not diverse enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. It’s not a nightmare,” I said, “It’s for real.”. Sandy exposed our vulnerability to climate change.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. After the hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people, online survivor registries began appearing on multiple websites. He believes that technology is really just an amplifier or enabler for change.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, social good organizations are working creatively to navigate the new landscape. Samantha Wright, Director of Development Operations and Analytics for the food bank, says that being located in a hurricane zone makes them “no strangers to disaster response.”

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. All the event organizers ask is that you find a venues the can accomodate the following: "People, hurricanes, New Orleans themed music (i.e. Remember Live Aid ?

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

We discussed disaster response within a global company, the changing world of work and how it’s changing volunteering in the workplace, and how companies are expanding opportunities for customers and stakeholders to join their social cause support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season.

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