Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

I'm happy to announce that our Zoetica iPhone application , is now live on the iTunes store. Content feeds on the application include: The Zoetica Link Feed. We want to thank AppMakr for partnering with us to build and develop this iPhone application. It provides a complication of nonprofit tech and social change blog feeds.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? “Increasingly, especially with major events like Haiti, carriers waive these fees for the halo effect of social marketing. Livingston is right.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

We’ll be facilitating a conversation, more than doing a formal presentation, and will focus on the power of crowdsourcing (using our own case study from conducting the Social Media for Social Good case study competition) and the application of social media in nonprofit program delivery. If you’re here in Austin, do join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. What's cool is that Drew’s employer GOGII is the mobile app developers behind textPlus a free group texting application available on the iphone and android platforms. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. 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?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. 17 percent of Gen Y respondents and 14 percent of Gen X made a donation to Haiti relief efforts via text message, and 3 percent of both Boomer and Mature respondents made a donation to Haiti relief efforts via text message.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

You're absolutely right that information quality comes from people and that data's fitness for a particular purpose is very contextual. To continue in this direction, let’s look at how people use this information. The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. Shelter information is updated every 30 minutes. The app was developed on the Windows Azure platform, a cloud-based platform for building and hosting web applications.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consult Details: Selecting the right database software or host-site to keep track of our constituents; mine that database of information for maximum return from investors; use better on-line fund-raising techniques. How do we best identify a database application to interface with our website to collect customer data?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Cloud computing offers us all the same freedom for our information infrastructure. Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. It is critical to engage in this change and lead where possible. New Models of Social Change.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. It is critical to engage in this change and lead where possible. New Models of Social Change.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Along with the input of four judges (who, ahead of time, narrowed the applicant pool down to these three competitors), the Case Foundation and Millennial Impact have asked the audience to vote online until 4:45pm Central time today. Whose stories resonated most? Eventually they will launch a more formal program. •

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

A good place to look first is Andreas Raptopoulos' TED Talk about Matternet drones delivering medicines, food, and other high-value goods for disaster relief like they did in Haiti. Drones are used to inform planting, as well as precise applications of water, nutrients, and pesticides. Gathering Data. Drones and Privacy.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Mobile applications have also begun to surface to empower peer-to-peer fundraisers to check their progress and send appeals straight from their phone. That’s pretty rad. Peer-to-peer Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

After donating $26 to FreeGeek to honor Amy's 26th birthday, I went poking around Causes to see if I could install the application. This is a good way to avoid application fatique and a great way to build interest in the application. I think this is application might just be a winner: It meshes with Facebook culture.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Sure, he raised over $20 million for Haiti and an impressive array of non-profit organizations including American Red Cross , Oxfam America , Salvation Army , Habitat for Humanity , International Rescue Committee , and the United Nations Foundation used his services. Well, he’s grown up a lot lately and proven his worth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Then, one of his cousins texted directions based on a new smartphone application called “Waze,” which crowdsources data from nearby drivers to create real-time traffic and road reports and find the best routes. Crowdsourcing also provided information on gas stations that were still open (and where lines were actually moving).

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

I think it's applicable in other cities too where there's not enough room for a city barrel or something, so you'd go into the shops and the offices and pick up the recycling inside. There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And we called it Project Launch just because we know that when you’re ready, Aaron, to launch that campaign, we want to make sure that we’ve given you all the information to be successful. Hey, Steven, we’re excited to share some of this information. And so the nonprofit knows how much they need to raise.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The 34 page report contains a lot of information across a broad range of questions. 52% of all grantmakers, not just foundations, reported an increase in applications in 2010, compared with same period in 2009. Among grantmakers receiving more applications, 49% intend to increase their budgets in 2011. sectional studies.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

There are now 140,000 applications available for the iPhone and most of them are expected to run on the iPad. Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

some unique Facebook tools too, including the popular "wish" application, with which users can encourage their Facebook friends to donate. When the earthquake struck in Haiti in. information, making it convenient for the donor and minimizing time for "buyer’s remorse." Causes has pioneered.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

INFOGRAPHIC: The Rise of the Planet of the Apps | App Annie – This infographic and accompanying data is a great overview of the changing landscape of mobile applications around the world. 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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

They do microenterprise grants, not loans; but we worked with some folks that had been given grants and used those successfully, and basically worked with our friend Moses, who listed the seven businesses in the very beginning, put them online, and helped post the information about them. So, fast-forward a whole year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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