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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Each hour there’s something memorable. Today was an example of this. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals.

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An Amazing NpTech Social Media Link Buffet: Take Your Pick!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ServiceNation , a national campaign to increase service opportunities and elevate the importance of service in America, has received a $500,000 grant from Facebook as part of its expanded partnership. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters.

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[VIDEO] Best Practices for Recurring Donor Acquisition

Bloomerang

And just a couple of quick housekeeping items, just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. You should already have the slides. I mean, we’re used to hurricanes, tornadoes, you know, fires, wildfires. Steven: Awesome.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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Win Back Your Lapsed Donors

Bloomerang

Just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the slides as well as the recording later on this afternoon, probably get it before dinnertime. So they got the whole nation covered, which is also cool. you know, when Puerto Rico had that hurricane, you know, that was huge here.

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Steve Bridger

The ’six things every charity must do to stay relevant in the 21st century’ summary near the end of the slides sums up what organisations need to do perfectly! a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations. When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane.

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NOAA-cuts could impact life-saving avalanche forecasts

Fast Company Tech

The forecasting work is crucial for skiers and climbers who flirt with danger when they travel through mountain gullies that are prone to slide. Transportation officials use them to gauge the risk on well-traveled roads like one in Colorado where a vehicle got pushed off the highway by a slide earlier this month.

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