Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Social media is one of the most tangible examples of the real time web. . In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. This represented 77% of the organizations in the sample analysis.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. One of the most compelling examples are the Crisis Camps that the community of developers and web geeks are leading around the world.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! – Read this great case study from JustGiving about Charlie's bike ride to raise money for Haiti relief support. "Charlie Here are five examples of the citizen philanthropist’s immediate impact."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2013

It takes us through why it is important for nonprofits to connect with Millennials based on a good synthesis of recent research and follows through with informative chapters that will help your nonprofit build a solid strategy for connecting with the connected generation in your organization’s communication’s strategy.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

These organizations represent $5.1 Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. For example, according to the report, "large nonprofits, with annual total fundraising greater than $10 million, grew their online fundraising 55.6% Also, enlarge your definition of the term - disaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

A big thank you conference organizers! She shared some insights about the Red Cross’s social media work leading up to Haiti. She made great points about what they had in place the day before the earthquake in Haiti struck: Robust listening program where staff skims and responds. That was the gift of attending Nonprofit 2.0

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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. Is it working?”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders. Commenter Iraqi Bootleg might have some very helpful ideas/examples here.] Let’s call our example professional Captain Lopez. I hope that this underscores the seriousness of this issue and makes it more tangible.

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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. But don’t let that inhibit your creativity to turn this concentration of awareness into something positive for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? 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. Convio wants to help you.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines. The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2010

One of the most recent examples I've seen that exemplifies this concept is from the organization Free The Kids that used its influencers earlier this year when the earthquake in Haiti struck. Any other great examples of campaigns tapping into the power of "influencing the influencers"? By using a bit.ly

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. " Map Kibera is a stellar example of "public participation GIS" -- involving a community in the creation of a map.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. " Map Kibera is a stellar example of "public participation GIS" -- involving a community in the creation of a map.

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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. Larger organizations may have the capacity and resources to make a bigger investment. Maybe that first step is research.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2011

I remember this time last year I was getting ready for work, glancing at the TV in horror as I saw the first live images of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Let’s expand our passion here, and remember Haiti. CNN’s Five Ways You Can Still Help Haiti features opportunities to serve the survivors of Haiti.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In addition to running a youth organization or a job training program or an environmental advocacy campaign, you are also running an information and technology system on which you do your work. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When you remove the estimated $122 million in corporate pledges from that number, more than half of all funds raised came online through those organizations. Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A Since then, organizations have expanded mobile efforts.

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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. Since then the organization has grown to work in 10 different countries. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. million meals!

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.

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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. It is also worth noting that online giving spikes during disasters or extraordinary circumstances. In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

It's no secret by now that social media is hot topic with nonprofit organizations, and quickly the topic of social media measurement is becoming a common conversation thread across the community. Your best performance comes during high profile disasters. Author: Jordan Viator.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. Here are steps organizations can take: 1.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Many of them track us automatically: Nike Plus tracks my run, Mint.com tracks my finances and spending patterns, and TripIt neatly organizes my travel plans. As one example, you can view the building where Daum is located now, under construction in 2008. Today we have a wild abundance to the ways we collect our stories.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

At this point in my life, I only give money to one nonprofit organization, and I do that through automatic monthly payments, with little thought at all to the whole process. What if I decided that, every single day, Id devote a little bit of time and a little bit of a care to a different nonprofit organization? Im a grad student!

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