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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Related Links : Conference website.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each organization received $25,000 and the announcement caused some controversy because of the contest eligibility rules and lack of a leaderboard. . The 100 organizations are now participating in the next round , "The Big Idea" where the 100 charities share their big idea for changing the world and get votes. For example.

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations. Let me also suggest that we need to stop placing a wall between offline and online giving strategies and tactics. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads. of total sales.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The title of this blog post is of course a wildly inaccurate claim. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. The lessons for arts organizations. Here is what he learned.

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Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success

AFP Blog

Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success: "Nonprofit organizations around the world are raising millions of dollars via mobile fundraising for disaster relief in Haiti. the session “Mobile, Online, Offline” at the DMA.