VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Hurricane Katrina was such an event for VisionLink, as was the more recent tornado through Joplin Missouri, which caused a 400% increase in system demand. Second, can the firm demonstrate that they can meet unexpected levels of peak demand?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Oxfam International's disaster relief teams are assessing the extent of the damage in the Philippines and deploying water and sanitation materials. 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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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. The Inundation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

There’s also more extreme weather conditions, with the latest power outages in New Orleans due to Hurricane Ida being a prime example of ways the current grid system falls short. Today, there is a greater range of energy sources and receptors than ever before.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 30, 2025

Weve had many, many threats against our nation, President Trump said in the Oval Office in November 2018, as he announced the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Earlier in the month, Trump shocked the national security world when he abruptly fired Gen. Absolutely outraged. The firing of Gen.

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APRIL 29, 2021

National University. Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . National Community Relations and Development Director & National Spokesperson. Kimberly Mitchell. Senior Vice President for Military, Veteran and Government Affairs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

It was a huge success and it's now become an international drive , with toys and books going to children's hospitals all over. First Book is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Free Books for Kids!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Support the only national sexual assault hotline. He recommends the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network , works with local rape crisis centers nationwide. They recently launched the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, and are in a push to increase the hours to 24/7 operation. Paul Hyland saw a presentation at NPowerDC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was the publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review , and we wanted to write a story about how nonprofits were helping the victims. Perla Ni, Ceo and Founder of Great Nonprofits 1. Why did you start Great Nonprofits ? Or after school program? Or elderly center?

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Web-based social tools open up unimagined possibilities for our sector, nationally and internationally. A prime example is the Katrina PeopleFinder Project [link] an ad-hoc online collaboration of organizations and individuals to help locate loved ones in the hurricane-affected areas.'"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

She was one of the first patients to use video blogging through her nationally recognized YouTube channel to share her story and educate people about life with IBD. She also gave an example of young patient activist, Sara Ringer , who has a passion for spreading awareness and accurate information about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

From local shelters all the way to national and international efforts, there are animal rights organizations of all shapes and sizes that benefit from text-to-give technology and mobile fundraising techniques in general. #4. Animal rights. When most people think of text-to-give technology, they think of disaster relief efforts.

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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.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica: But I’m Dutch, so it was a great way to go home and get involved with some international fundraising. I mean, we’re used to hurricanes, tornadoes, you know, fires, wildfires. So I stopped doing that a couple of years ago. The last year obviously they did the. Steven: Okay. You used to be. You’re doing webinars.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. National/International Organizations: Team Rubicon: Team Rubicon provides disaster relief and uses the skills of veterans. We have read the harrowing news reports about a lack of food, electricity, and water and people dying.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

This will put at risk decades of human development progress in densely populated coastal zones which are home to one in seven people in the world, says Pedro Conceio, director of the United Nations Development Programmes Human Development Report Office. Flooding from extreme storms like hurricanes will also become more frequent.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Net Tuesdays became a series of national and international face-to-face meetings connecting industry and nonprofit techies. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. Again, it’s about that audience, especially for new donor acquisition when you don’t have a lot of internal data points on those people, and how can you look at people as a group and try to determine how they’re going to respond. Combined decades of experience.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 But what they also tell us is there is still time, if we do act.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

We save lives and there are people alive today because of the work we do,” said Doug Chabot, who directed the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in Montana for almost 24 years. We are not discussing internal personnel and management matters, spokesperson Susan Buchanan wrote in an email. NOAA has about 13,000 employees.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

The rampaging insect menaces Americas Arctic military outposts , part of a critical line of national defense , before heading south and meeting its end in New York City. militarys concerns then and now about the Arctics stability and its role in national security. Over time, the U.S. By adapting to climate change, the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

The development is supposed to be in East Biloxi, where lots still remain empty after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Congress gave the national nonprofits the job of administering the grants, fielding and assessing hundreds of applications, so that the government doesnt have to, Donovan said.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Its especially critical that infrastructure can handle more extreme weather due to climate change, said Olson, noting hurricanes that devastated the East Coast and parts of Appalachia last year. Recently, however, the Trump administration moved to slash National Park Service staffing. In 2021, the U.S. earned a C-minus overall.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

Over the coming days, as the National Guard is now deployed, probably the largest one that I would worry about would be excessive use of police or military force. On Thursday, their anger bubbled up in a series of internal threads, as I reported at The Verge. That satisfied some employees, but to others it smacked of appeasement.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 26, 2025

A new report from the British charity International Institute for Environment and Development finds that 90 disasters were declared nationwide in 2024, from wildfires in California to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. It begins after national journalists and politicians have left the area and continues for years. is about 55.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has confirmed at least nine tornadoes touched down in central Alabama, with damage surveys still underway. The death toll for the tornadoes this week and in 2011 likely would have been higher if not for warnings provided by the National Weather Service and broadcast by Spann and others.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts this one more than 1,000 at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. They talked to multiple people still in NOAA and a current agency worker detailed the cuts that a manager explained to employees.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 6, 2025

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is known for responding to extreme weather like hurricanes and wildfiresthe kinds of disasters that are becoming more intense and more common as climate change gets worse.

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