'Large and dangerous' Hurricane Irene claims multiple lives – USATODAY.com

'Large and dangerous' Hurricane Irene claims multiple lives – USATODAY.com

Hurricane Irene 2011

Hurricane Irene 2011

Emergency Response Teams Want to Use Social Media - Mobiledia

Emergency Response Teams Want to Use Social Media - Mobiledia: acebook today hosted a streaming event with national disaster relief agencies to discuss the important role social media can play during crisis.

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More Foundation CEO's Start to Tweet - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

More Foundation CEO's Start to Tweet - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: More Foundation CEO’s Start to Tweet

August 26, 2011, 10:55 am

By Caroline Preston

While it certainly hasn’t reached a tipping point, the number of foundation chief executives using Twitter is growing—slowly.

Text Messages Aren't Enough When Natural Disasters Strike | Fast Company

Text Messages Aren't Enough When Natural Disasters Strike | Fast Company: The American Red Cross has released a new survey that claims Americans are increasingly relying on the Internet and social media for disaster information. According to the Red Cross, 18% of Americans regularly rely on Facebook to obtain disaster information. The survey also claims that the Internet is the third most used medium to find out information about disasters--radio and television are more frequently used.

Preparing for Hurricane Irene | BlackbaudKnowHow.com

Preparing for Hurricane Irene | BlackbaudKnowHow.com: Here at Blackbaud’s headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina, we’ve been closely monitoring Hurricane Irene.

We have detailed contingency plans to ensure we’re able to provide support from off-site locations, including our support office in Indianapolis, for down and critical issues during times of disasters. We include this information in our Customer Guide (page 7) as part of our commitment to ensure your critical needs are met through every means possible.

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GiveCamp aids nonprofits' tech needs

GiveCamp aids nonprofits' tech needs: Organizers of the second annual Southwest Ohio GiveCamp plan a slight expansion over last year's event where more than 100 volunteers met for a weekend to tackle area non-profit tech needs.

HOW TO: Create a Foursquare Page for Your Nonprofit � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits

HOW TO: Create a Foursquare Page for Your Nonprofit � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Blog :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits: Foursquare recently launched the ability for brands to create Pages on Foursquare. Until then, nonprofits were limited to simply claiming their nonprofit’s Venue Page making it almost impossible to be proactive on Foursquare. However, in recent weeks the site has made a number of upgrades that have rendered the site and it’s tool set much more interesting and relevant to the nonprofit sector. That said, I have just launched a new Page for Nonprofit Organizations on Foursquare at foursquare.com/nonprofitorgs where I’ll be using “Tips” to promote nonprofits and cause to the Foursquare community:

Snail Mail Still Works for Thank You Letters

Snail Mail Still Works for Thank You Letters: Do you send a thank you letter by mail after receiving a donation online?

Of course, the donor who gives online (and there are more of them all the time), does receive an immediate emailed thank you. That is built into the online donation system, whichever one you use.

Nonprofit Community | Official Website

From Wiley Jossey Bass
Nonprofit Community | Official Website: Who is NonprofitCommunity.com?

NonprofitCommunity.com is for nonprofit leaders just like you. We gather the knowledge of hundreds of published authors and experts in the field of nonprofit management and provide a forum for exploration and discussion of the topics that matter to you most. This is your community

Booz Allen Cares | Booz Allen Hamilton

New tool I saw demo'd today at Nonprofit Conference at Booz Allen

Booz Allen Cares | Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Cares
Corporate Social Responsibility.Welcome to our online resource for
nonprofit organizations

Learn about the firm’s nonprofit areas of support
Assess requirements and eligibility
Create your online profile, apply for a grant, and share your outcomes
Submit volunteer opportunities to engage Booz Allen employees

Top Ten Online Fundraising Bloggers | Inspiring Generosity

From Razoo

Top Ten Online Fundraising Bloggers | Inspiring Generosity: For the nonprofit professional that’s getting their feet wet in the social (or online) fundraising world, this list can help introduce you to what I consider the best blogs on social media etiquette, philanthropy, and fundraising. Now, that’s not to say there are other great blogs out there . . . I just had to limit it to ten.

Skype's Acquisition of GroupMe Gives Microsoft A Social Life | Fast Company

Skype's Acquisition of GroupMe Gives Microsoft A Social Life | Fast Company: The reaction to Skype's proposed acquisition of the New York City-based group messaging service GroupMe for $85 million has been nearly universal: Good for Skype. It's the latest in a string of high-profile gambits in the world of social grouping technology. Google has made Circles central to its social efforts. Apple has announced plans to launch its own group service, iMessage. And Mark Zuckerberg, whose company recently acquired the group messaging service Beluga, has called grouping friends "the biggest problem in social networking."

ROI and the Impact of Social CRM — SocialFish

ROI and the Impact of Social CRM — SocialFish: ROI and the Impact of Social CRM [NEW WHITE PAPER]

by Maddie Grant on August 22, 2011
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Our latest white paper is out!

Introducing ROI and the Impact of Social CRM: 12 Forward-Looking Use Cases for Associations. This paper is the second in our Social CRM series. (The first paper in the series, Social CRM for Associations, has had close to 2000 downloads to date)!