Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. These folks do astonishing work. And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). Much of 2010 was focused on Project Cultivar, which worked in the Dominican Republic sugarcane plantations and its company towns, bateyes.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission. I was also very.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ". Thanks for the reminder.) Why were the cat videos so popular?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ". Thanks for the reminder.) Why were the cat videos so popular?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Online fundraising revenue grew overall by 14% between 2009 and 2010. This rebound was led by an enormous 163% increase in the International sector due to emergencies like the earthquake in Haiti and flooding in Pakistan. How are you working to build trust with your community?

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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. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. The account is managed by @KevinSage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. Conference attendees will be asked to download and join the Emergency Data Society.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

In 2010, I launched the Networked Nonprofit with a flurry of speaking and training gigs literally around the world, while also designing and facilitating many workshops, peer learning groups, and coaching grantees as Visiting Scholar.

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NTEN

JULY 9, 2010

It's a demonstration of the the work that. over 40 organizations have and are doing in Haiti. You know how we love us some data visualization around here, especially. mapping, so we were pretty excited to see InterAction 's pilot mapping. project Haitiaidmap.org. organizations sharing their data are many NTEN members, including.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

She said she had one of those sparks working with Library For All, inspired by the passion of Library For All’s co-founders. “We Library For All co-founder and CEO Rebecca McDonald was living in Australia when tragedy struck Haiti in 2010. A massive earthquake caused chaos in Haiti and killed over 100,000 people.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

When following the January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the Red Cross quickly mobilized a text donation campaign that raised an astounding $32 million. In the nonprofit realm, the Red Cross' text message donation platform offers the best real-life illustration to the power of SMS. Join us on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

Solid Women ”, winner of Best Medium Organization, presents a powerful, affirming story of 5 women succeeding in rebuilding their community after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, through the microloans facilitated through Fonkoze. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. The 2010 advocacy response rate was 3.3%. From 2009 to 2010, advocacy response rates declined 7% on average.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We know that video can connect people to the work you do every day in a ways simple text just can’t match. So how can we put the interest in video to work for our organizations, specifically your year-end fundraising? In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. Holy smokes!

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BoardAssist

JUNE 6, 2017

Our work spans tiny nonprofits serving in Mali and Haiti, requiring a minimal financial commitment, to New York-based nonprofit household names that request significant funding from their board members, and everything in between. Conclusions.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2010

To the Point: Get Ready to Rummage Time to toss what’s not working and make a new plan for 2010. Care2's Jocelyn Harmon's wrote up a great list of six suggestions for Fundraising Success Magazine's blog on how nonprofits need to step up their marketing game in 2010. Below are my top picks for the week. Stop flying blind.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift. Since 2010 was an abnormal year for online giving - due to the wave of. offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. The median online gift among donations. We found that.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. Its unique way of working is project management heavy. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti.

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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 ). Get Engaged!

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

The organization also worked with Twitter to create a special badge that marked volunteers' Twitter accounts as valid and official sources of information. Their team of digital volunteers, already trained in public affairs and talking to the media, used specific language to represent themselves as Red Cross voices online.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? Download and put our " Be Prepared When Your Mission Calls " rapid response fundraising guide to work for you. Know the Plan — Working quickly sometimes is accompanied by haphazard decision making. Read Molly's post.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Our work spans tiny nonprofits serving in Mali and Haiti, requiring a minimal financial commitment, to New York-based nonprofit household names that request significant funding from their board members, and everything in between. Conclusions.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2010

One of the most recent examples I've seen that exemplifies this concept is from the organization Free The Kids that used its influencers earlier this year when the earthquake in Haiti struck.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Our work spans tiny nonprofits serving in Mali and Haiti, requiring a minimal financial commitment, to New York-based nonprofit household names that request significant funding from their board members, and everything in between. Conclusions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

" Ushahidi won the challenge in 2008, receiving $25,000 to support and expand its work. Ushahidi's David Kobia was named Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. I don''t think I''ll ever see another event like Haiti from the perspective that I did--that is, boots on the ground within days of the event. And, how to be prepared -- physically, mentally and emotionally.

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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). A recap of fundraising resources of the first 2/3 of 2010 wouldn't be complete without some discussion of the incredible work that the Red Cross did using mobile and social media to raise funds and awareness about the disaster in Haiti.

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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. What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? What is your objective? Who is the target audience? How will you measure success?

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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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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Emily Yu of the Case Foundation served as the emcee and interviewer as three social entrepreneurs presented quick pitches about their work and tech products. Each had products in development; they decided to work together rather than compete in the same space.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In 2010, SAP invested almost US$17 million in universities and nonprofits worldwide, an increase from US$10 million in 2009. In response to the 2010 crisis in Haiti , SAP employees contributed US$530,000 for immediate aid, and the company plans to match this over a two-year period. Making Social Investments.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. Best of all, many of the kinks have been worked out. How does it work? None of these methods is as easy as yard work.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

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. In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, the message was timely and reminded me that in the case of his school, I can do more than give cash. Coordinate your efforts. Share them here!

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Since then the organization has grown to work in 10 different countries. I called up Jeanette Morelan from WCK to talk about food as an agent for change and some of their recent work around the world.

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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