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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales.

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Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement

Connection Cafe

On the personal side, I’ve donated, volunteered, taken action, and raised money. And with the publishing of the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , 5 main lessons learned in the way of multi-channel marketing were evident in 2009. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement. Coordinate your efforts. They asked.

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Online Engagement and Giving: Making the Most of Real Numbers

NTEN

According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4 63% of online consumers planned to use the Internet to donate to charity in the last quarter of 2009, up from 51% in 2008.1.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. Even after I created an incentive to use the hash tag (a ¢5 donation for each mention), it did not pick back up. Technology.

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Improve Online Fundraising Results and Wow Donors with These 7 Obvious Secrets

Tech Soup

According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. Do not get too comfortable with your online ask, even when reeling in large donations. Make the RIGHT Ask. Follow Up Relentlessly.

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What's Different One Year After Haiti? | Nonprofit Trends with.

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All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ten charities raised 75% of all those donations.

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