NetWits

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The recent Haiti earthquake disaster has once again brought to the forefront the role that new giving channels play in helping those most affected. The combination of online giving and mobile giving were the first response channels of choice by donors. I will save the pros and cons of mobile giving for another blog post.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. And while every donor should take measures to be as savvy as possible when it comes to giving to organizations, there are many resources available to make this a simple task. Author: Jordan Viator. Most importantly the support continues to roll in.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

You may find this list of relief agencies useful, as you build links on your CommunityOS site to help the people of Haiti. State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. • Donate to the IRC Haiti Crisis Fund.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Convio acquired StrategicOne earlier this year, and they have done significant analytics on disaster donations with some hefty data sets to look at, so Katie Beth had some excellent suggestions. A disaster happened and an organization receives a sudden, spontaneous burst of giving. How do you approach analyzing that kind of response?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. A compelling video won over 12% of donors, while fundraising contests only 42% inspired 5% to give. It’s an interesting and valuable report with a lot of great insights.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors Via Mobile Phones of the Future? Maybe that first step is research.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

The past 36 hours have been crucial for disaster relief organizations across the world as they reach out to supporters requesting donations, volunteers and general support for the efforts to help Haitians in need. Hijack your homepage to make Haiti the focus if it is a significant fundraising effort. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. Your major donors are online. Check out The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Middle and Major Donors by Convio, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research for more information on how to connect with big dollar donors online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

It begins with a story about Team Rubicon , a new model for disaster relief organization and veteran-focused enterprise founded by Jake Wood shortly after the Haiti Earthquake. I found the chapter about motivations and tips for encouraging Millennnials to volunteer very valuable. More information here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

percent of advocates on file were also donors, up from 5.9 What about Haiti relief? Giving around Haiti relief efforts accounted for approximately 20 percent (or $250 million) of the $1.3 Giving around Haiti relief efforts accounted for approximately 20 percent (or $250 million) of the $1.3 percent in 2009.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

The study said that the International sector drove this growth, which experienced a 163% increase in donations spurred by disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti and the flooding in Pakistan. Are you treating your donors like an ATM machine or do you have a well thought-out strategy for cultivating them and moving them up the ladder.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster. The unintended fallout of such mistakes can be missed opportunities, offended donors or worse, PR problems.

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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. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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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? The donation will appear on the donors cell phone bill. It can take about 90 days for a donor's gift to reach your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

Already the NonProfit Times is reporting that charitable donations are lower for the response to the disasters in Japan than to the earthquake in Haiti. The media is less focused on the human story and the media is the primary driver for disaster giving. When I hear how they are affected, it makes me want to help even more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2010

Source: National Arts Index It's at times like these -- in the midst of an extended recession and the wake of the tragedy in Haiti -- that the role of funding arts in society may be called into question. After all, funding for the arts (theater, dance, music, museums etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Or be bailout for our nonprofit. But will the dramatic text fundraising that we saw the Red Cross experience translate to every non-profit that wants to add it to their tool bag?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

To begin with, the aforementioned high open rate applies to donor bases that might be otherwise hard to reach, such as teens and seniors. Causes with high urgency, such as disasters, have had the most success with mobile giving campaigns. ASPCA converts subscribers to donors. Advantages to Mobile Giving Campaigns. What Works?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

With the recent calamity in Haiti, the NPOs and NGOs that comprise the disaster relief/response sector have jumped into action, mobilizing their staff, volunteers, and equipment to help those affected. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster. The unintended fallout of such mistakes can be missed opportunities, offended donors or worse, PR problems.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

With the recent calamity in Haiti, the NPOs and NGOs that comprise the disaster relief/response sector have jumped into action, mobilizing their staff, volunteers, and equipment to help those affected. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

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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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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

It takes time to cultivate through staff, donors, and beneficiaries, and it takes additional effort to organize, adapt, and publish to the web. Some groups that sent staff writers to document the Haiti Crisis include: International Medical Corps. Let's face it, this content doesn't come out of thin air. Concern Worldwide.

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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. Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. Once there, he started doing what he does best -- cook.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Nonprofit organizations responded to the disaster and so did their supporters.

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Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

Her model was to highlight a family or situation in another country, provide basic needs, film the experience quickly, and then return to her donors to help them immediately see what occurred. One of Mallory’s first campaigns was for a family in Haiti that suffered greatly during the devastating earthquake of 2010.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7

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sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online. All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

But there are some things that organizations can do to protect themselves and donors. There is no way to completely prevent all types of online fraud, but nonprofits can protect themselves and donors. This may cause problems with donors in non-US countries. Here are steps organizations can take: 1.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. feels like being asked to write about the details of a party after having just walked in the door. But you already know this. .

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. Of the organizations receiving gifts for Haiti, 59% passed the donation along to another organization and 41% funded their own relief efforts.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Haiti-related giving shaped 2010 trends January 2010 had the largest percentage of online giving for the entire year. This change can almost single handedly be attributed to giving to Haiti relief efforts. Donors continue to make significant gifts online In 2010, 88% of organizations had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more.

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