NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

Since 2010 was an abnormal year for online giving - due to the wave of offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a gift that year, but never heard back from the donor. We found that organizations enforcing a retention strategy were able to keep 15 percent of their new Haiti-related donors the following year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. Vegan and palm oil-free, for every bar sold, Hand in Hand donates a bar to children in Haiti. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Patti Carlin, Associated Services for International Adoption (ASIA) ASIA works to create a better future for abandoned or orphaned children, provide cultural, emotional and educational support for adopted children and their families, and increase cultural awareness of inter-racial adoption.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2010

FourSquare is definitely starting to catch on with enterprising techie folks that love to be early adopters. For example, yesterday I checked-in to Lowe’s who is donating $1 million to Haiti relief (forgot to mention they are donating the funds to the Red Cross). That’s a good a sign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. Vegan and palm oil-free, for every bar sold, Hand in Hand donates a bar to children in Haiti. 6) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. Thanks to you, these dogs will be protected as they wait to be adopted and go to their forever homes. Because of your gift and gifts from other generous donors like you, seven new students got to enroll in school!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. When researching this post, I was fairly stunned by how few nonprofits have launched text alert campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” ” Or: “We know that dogs that are nervous and miserable in a shelter setting usually thrive in foster homes, growing into happy pets that can be adopted into loving, permanent homes.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. More nonprofits are adopting it and experimenting with it as a communications and engagement channel. The time for mobile is clearly now.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. organizations enforcing a retention strategy were able to keep 15 percent of their new Haiti-related donors the following year. Since 2010 was an abnormal year for online giving - due to the wave of. gift that year, but never heard back from the donor.

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Care2

MAY 10, 2010

Susan was responsible for the record breaking Haiti SMS text campaign that brought in over $30 million via mobile phones. Non-Profit Adoption of Mobile Giving. Officer for the Red Cross managing corporate partnerships. Ron Vassallo: CEO of Kaptivate and Author of Are We There Yet?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle. 2) Mobile technology. 3) Technology that equalizes the playing field for all nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

This was particularly true in Maria Bello’s story about her work in Haiti with creating a women’s network called We Advance. Irving also acknowledged that there was a lot more work to do to get nonprofits to adopt these new technologies. The audience got a performance by J.D.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

This was unprecedented level of giving through this channel and might mark the tipping point for greater adoption. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. Here are some of the key findings. 28 percent of respondents with a mobile Facebook application texted a gift.

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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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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Big goals in addition to iterating on the products and getting them adopted widely: By 2016, they will solidify their business strategy, aggregate a mentorship program of 100,000 students around the world, and plant a million trees. Eventually they will launch a more formal program. •

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. Relief organizations and others could get an immediate picture of what was happening on the ground. Since then, there have been more than 6.5 Image : Olga Berrios / CC BY. spanhidden.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Given the fast growth of smartphone adoption across all consumer segments, these numbers portend continued growth for mobile giving.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

Wyclef Jean Brings Aid to Haiti with His Music Alfred de Montesquiou of the Associated Press wrote an article recently about how the hip-hop musician, Wyclef Jean, uses his music and his new aid organization, Yéle Haiti , to help deliver aid and food into some of the most dangerous areas of Haiti. Look how cute these chimps are.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations. Together, we should all take a more proactive and methodical approach to ensuring nonprofits are adopting IT effectively and planning appropriately so that they can directly engage in the solutions and platforms that will be available.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations. Together, we should all take a more proactive and methodical approach to ensuring nonprofits are adopting IT effectively and planning appropriately so that they can directly engage in the solutions and platforms that will be available.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of 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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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

When I adopted it, it really felt like a logical extension for all the things that I was raised to believe, and had also come to accept on my own. Update: Last week Ashley and Carolynn had the 2nd East Bay Vegan Bake Sale and raised close to $1,200 for Animal Place and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.

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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. Adopting a texting campaign for your nonprofit can produce incredible results. In the U.S. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S. population had a smartphone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

What was the value of my first meeting with the lovely Beth Kanter a few years ago at the old Twitter offices, where we chatted for far too long about the highs and lows of adoption (and, a little bit about nonprofits and social media)? But I’ve written some guest posts, so I guess she doesn’t hate me. Her take-away?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Finally, as I mentioned in my post, How Did You Decide to Help Haiti for the Rest of 2010? Hannah of Word Lily , Amy of My Friend Amy , and Natasha of Maw Books Blog are hosting a Social Justice Challenge during 2010. CARE has a list of recommended books on their site.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Most noteably it was deployed in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to crowdsource unsafe conditions and aid relief coordination. Coupled with a smartphone, this bracelet tracks your eating, sleeping and exercise habits and "nudges" you to adopt better habits. How did you hear about Steve Jobs’ death?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Social Media Nedra Weinreich's tip jar , tipped me off to newly published study from Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson from U Mass Dartmouth about nonprofit adoption of social media tools. " Britt Bravo is surprised that video is the most adopted tool and wonders whether it would be the same for smaller organizations.

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