Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

They ask, "if I make this information readily available then someone might be able to formulate their own opinion about X." 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. Why do so many leaders and companies struggle with being transparent

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Authoring Business Interview Disaster 62

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. SMS is a great way to spread information and educate the people you want to reach most. In the U.S. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S. population had a smartphone.

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Afghanistan Student Rate Nonprofit 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

This article summarizes new research from Forrester detailing "The Seven Tenets of the Information Workplace." Your donated laptop will reach a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in the same early 2008 timeframe. " Stephen Downes suggests a boycott, but points out it is no cakewalk.

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Nptech Summary Adopt Tag 50

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

And yes, it may mean that a group in Argentina, that is certainly deserving by our basic standards, may not get a grant this year, so that we can support very worthwhile and important requests from a group that has even less access to resources in Haiti. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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Global Fund Interview United States 44