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Text-to-Give Explained

The Modern Nonprofit

Text-to-Give lets a supporter contribute to their favorite cause with the stroke of a few keys on their mobile phone. What you may not know is that there are two types of Text-to-Give—one where the money goes through the donor’s phone carrier and the other where the money goes directly to your nonprofit.

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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. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response.

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Text-to-Give Explained

The Modern Nonprofit

Text-to-Give lets a supporter contribute to their favorite cause with the stroke of a few keys on their mobile phone. What you may not know is that there are two types of Text-to-Give—one where the money goes through the donor’s phone carrier and the other where the money goes directly to your nonprofit.

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Mobile Phone Data Helped Aid Groups Target Quake Relief in Haiti, Report Finds | PND | Foundation Center

AFP Blog

Mobile Phone Data Helped Aid Groups Target Quake Relief in Haiti, Report Finds | PND | Foundation Center : Mobile Phone Data Helped Aid Groups Target Quake Relief in Haiti, Report Finds A new report from Columbia University and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, offers evidence that in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, anonymous (..)

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Things We Like (February 2010)

NTEN

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Find out more in MobileActive.org's " Definitive Guide to Mobile Fundraising " While it seems that nearly every Super Bowl advertiser had been told by a research firm that men are feeling emasculated in 2010, at least the half time show was good.

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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

NTEN

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” This is precisely the kind of mobile fundraising campaign run by The Red Cross in support of Haiti.

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

In 2010, the event had a transformation. The Conference “Curse” While so much good was happening with Cause Camp, the first instance suggesting a “Cause Camp Curse” happened in 2010. The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti.

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