VisionLink

APRIL 11, 2024

and the first glimpses of the 2024 hurricane season that starts June 1st. If you act now, you can have a proven solution in place for what may be the worst disaster season we've experienced. Is your organization prepared to respond and support during a community-wide disaster? What's stopping you from contacting Visionlink for a demo?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

She did a lot of work on the hurricane aftermath (she's an expert on hazardous waste, and a gazillion other things). The two places I looked for mechanisms are the (1) United Nations APELL program (Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies on a Local Level) and (2) the U.S. takes a while for the clouds to clear from a hurricane).

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019. Teller says that Loon is working to place employees in other roles at X, Google, and Alphabet. “A

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Many do not have specialized skills but do have a passion to help those left hungry or stranded by a flood, hurricane, or fire. If you don’t have a volunteer management strategy in place, an influx of self-deployed crisis volunteers can increase rather than reduce the chaos. What roles do spontaneous volunteers fill?

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Hurricane Helene is Just the Latest. It's as though no place on Earth is immune from our changing global climate patterns. In the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022, we put together a resource list for those interested in supporting organizations that were on deck to help. Check them out and give wherever your heart calls you to!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

A great example of this type of time-sensitive fundraising comes in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a wildfire or hurricane. The sponsored organization is able to quickly start helping students in need, while the fiscal sponsor provides the necessary back office support already in place to streamline operations. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

For residents and business owners, rebuilding and rebuilding quickly is crucial: they ultimately need some place to live and offer services, and they often can’t afford to be shut out for extended periods of time. Armelli, for her part, had experienced these challenges firsthand in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? Imagine managing your philanthropic investments like you manage financial investments: your portfolio of all the causes you care about, addresses, and transaction information stored in one place.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Repairing a home that’s been destroyed in a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire can take quite a while, displacing homeowners during that time. Captain founder and CEO Demetrius Gray noted that following storms, like the Katrina and Sandy hurricanes, the average primary recovery period was 14 months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2013

This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. Often these services take place at sunrise or sunset. In locations with a pier, the service can take place near the end of the pier so that any non-surfers, such as elderly relatives, can watch and participate.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

government estimates that floods in recent decades (exclusive of hurricanes and tropical storms) have caused an estimated $160 billion in damage and killed hundreds of people. Water follows gravity, which means that if you know the topology of a place, you can predict where the water will flow to.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

A short time after she took over a small troubled computer refurbishment nonprofit - hurricane Katrina hit. They persuaded her to run the place long enough to get it back on its feet. In August of 2005, she had barely begun getting things in order when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck. It was not an easy road for Nancy.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 22, 2024

Hurricane Debby left downtowns from Savannah, Georgia to Annapolis, Maryland under water as it came ashore and stayed like an unwanted relative who won’t leave your home after a couple of days stretched into a couple of weeks. Severe weather season is underway and forecasts indicate a more intense hurricane season this year.

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DipJar

JANUARY 5, 2022

And don’t forget about hurricane season! Late summer and early fall bring hurricanes to certain parts of the country. The FIFA World Cup will take place in Qatar this Fall. Consider daytime events during the winter; many people prefer driving during the day instead of risking the icy roads at night.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

If you have a blog post highlighting the impact recent hurricanes have had on the state where you’re headquartered, publishing it might be most useful on a Monday morning, based on the above research. For example, let’s say your nonprofit helps victims who have recently lost their homes due to severe weather events.

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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. Without these pieces in place, no wealth of features will matter when you cannot conduct your daily operations. Within minutes or hours? Excellent Training & Support?

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

Concerts took place mainly in the UK and the US, but also in Australia, Japan, France, and a half a dozen other places around the world. All the event organizers ask is that you find a venues the can accomodate the following: "People, hurricanes, New Orleans themed music (i.e. You can attend OR HOLD an event of your own.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Normal” Was a Place Where Many People Hid their Heads in the Sand. The events of the past 15 months were a windstorm that blew the sands everywhere so fiercely that there was no place left to hide. How can you put a plan in place—within the next month—to improve and reap the rewards? What must you do to be competitive? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). He notes that the social networking tools will allow folks to use it as a place to coordinate volunteer activities. The widget's resources.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

Whether it’s the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, tornadoes in Nashville, or the pandemic response in Phoenix, HandsOn Connect works to smooth the way for more volunteers to help. As part of HandsOn Connect’s commitment to Pledge 1% , the organization focuses on donating expertise to nonprofits involved in disaster deployments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

And natural disasters like hurricanes, flooding is a big one, transportation as well.” “Space is a good place to be right now,” he concluded. . “The California case is probably wildfires,” said Walkinshaw (and it always helps to have a California case). ” Image Credits: Alba Orbital.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

I wish I could say “one day I had an instant moment of clarity after placing my fingers on my chin and reflecting upon the experience,” but I can’t. Read Trevor McCann " The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy.". Many campaigns later I eventually saw the value in social media campaign failure. Like this article? Get another!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But the there are lots of other places in the lower 48, Miller noted, that can’t get Amazon’s 2-day delivery, for example, because the infrastructure simply isn’t there to complete the four steps listed above in that timeframe.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

We had all these amazing volunteers and food trucks and chefs who had managed their own businesses but lost so much after the hurricane and decided that they wanted to offer their time and resources to WCK. We had over 20,000 volunteers in Puerto Rico alone, most of whom were Puerto Ricans who had been impacted by the hurricane themselves.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

In 2005, that changed: when Hurricane Katrina hit, technology for disaster response made the leap from field workers to those affected. Satellite phones and GPS were the major tools that helped relief workers work faster and stay connected.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

It takes place over a period of time. But it has also been driven by major events like 9/11 , the Asian Tsunami , and Hurricane Katrina. It can be a great place to live if you are willing to give it a try. Get too comfortable at high tide and you might lose sight of the dangers below. We live our lives between the tides.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Lynk showed that a satellite could hit an entire city with an evacuation or shelter in place message, and indeed that may be one way the tech is used in the future. The company is in talks with dozens of network operators around the world, but regulatory and market questions remain in many places, such as the U.S., Image Credits: Lynk.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This was tested a couple of years ago, when Hurricane Ida knocked out a huge swathe of connectivity across New Orleans; the company claims its network continued without any downtime.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $1 billion in recovery efforts in 2019 for disasters that took place in 2017; and the U.S. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia. billion for U.S. 18 at 2 p.m.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

Your blog needs to be a place to “help the helper.” Because your readers are looking to your blog for authentic places to give their time and resources to, you need to be sure that your sources are authentic. People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. Tips from Sara 1.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a Floridian, I grew up assuming hurricanes would hit my house. Thankfully, building an inclusive company looks a lot like building a good company — preparation, feedback and accountability are managerial best practices that should be put in place early. Here’s how we think about that growth. Plan for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

And, their content posted on Facebook getting an average of 15 likes and 6 shares on FB – they decided to place a small bet. What if they spent $50 to promote a post about the toolkit – could they get more advocates to consume and share the toolkit? The results? Is your organization placing a small bet on promoted posts?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it. There was also no policy in place for software subscriptions. When I first joined the Foundation, we had an outdated server that people accessed via VPN.

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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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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

surviving Mother Nature’s wrath: tornado, hurricane, flood, fire. By having a plan in place, you. different places unlikely to be hit by a single disaster. We don’t mean the power-surge-ate-my-blog-post kind of disaster, though. frequent backups can help there. We’re thinking more along the lines of.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

There is still a tremendous amount of giving taking place, but there are a few things worth noting already. For example, the newly established Clinton Bush Haiti Fund accepted more than 126,000 online donations in just a few days. Mobile giving has certainly been a major source of a lot of giving to support the Haiti relief effort.

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