Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. At the time of the Haiti earthquake, very few people in the country were using Twitter, but it was enough to get news of needs out to the world. For others it was not so clear.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Did you know that text messages are reported to have an open rate of over 90 percent according to a number of reputable marketing studies? When following the January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the Red Cross quickly mobilized a text donation campaign that raised an astounding $32 million.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011. This is an indication that nonprofits are definitely moving in the right direction, which is also reflected in the Nielsen Study (What Americans Do Online, August 2010 ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Maybe that first step is research.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 24, 2012

million Red Cross text campaign to aid victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake was put together by a team of women…” “But the real surge in woman's philanthropy may be yet to come.” So, here you go: The 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women's Philanthropy. ” Holy guacamole. a what-not-to-do story).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

The book will publish in the second half of 2012.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

I thought I'd do my part with a few of 2010's best resources (so far). If you haven't yet downloaded the free eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , released in April in partnership with M+R Strategic Services , you should definitely do that now. If you're not quite that much of an overachiever, you can still access the recording here.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

massnonprofit.org ::: "Mobile-Based Fundraising Grows after Haiti EarthquakeMarch 8, 2010 — Mobile philanthropy, while not universally accepted, is gaining traction with younger generations and the text-to-gift efforts around Haiti could be the tipping point for greater adoption, according to a new study."

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Jacky was only 8 years old in 2010, when he was separated from his mother after the 2010 earthquake and forced into child slavery. After escaping he was left homeless and living on the streets of Haiti until discovered by Haiti Mama , a nonprofit organization committed to connecting homeless children with their families.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2010

As an advocacy buff, I've been particularly impressed with the action alerts and online petitions related to Haiti. One area in which I hope to see new, innovative campaigns from advocacy orgs in 2010 is using social media as a means of communicating with elected officials and other decision makers.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

On the professional side, I’ve interviewed many industry professionals for articles, case studies, best practices guides, white papers and more. 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. Author: Emma Zolbrod.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But the first one that I’ve listed is the lack of a feasibility study. And I know that there are organizations out there who have not done a feasibility study and been successful. But I’m a big advocate of the feasibility study. So feasibility study is an important part. .

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

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. What has your nonprofit done since January 12, 2010? All Rights Reserved

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Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

returned from her first study-abroad experience in college, she realized she’d caught the travel bug, and it wasn’t going away. One of Mallory’s first campaigns was for a family in Haiti that suffered greatly during the devastating earthquake of 2010. She was already on the ground in Haiti when the campaign started.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. sectional studies. renewed contracts.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

It's a great case study of how individuals and start and drive a campaign and the way that a concept can translate across cultures and countries. International Affairs is the only sector that didn’t experience positive growth in 2011, due to the tremendous amount of online giving in 2010 in response to the Haiti earthquake.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the U.S. alone, a full 90 percent of the population has a cellphone, with two-thirds of adults owning a smartphone. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S.

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