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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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Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For the companies themselves, this relationship also presents their marketing departments with numerous opportunities to embrace cause marketing and corporate social responsibility. Google donated $1,000,000 to Haiti. org to help raise funds for Haiti and to end malaria. potential consumers). 2) Google/YouTube.

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. By re-editing footage they already had to include new material from Haiti, AJWS saved tens of thousands of dollars while still getting a relevant and powerful video asset.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

Additionally, the people donating personally know the individual promoting your fundraiser. Unlike general donation forms, peer-to-peer campaigns leverage the personal aspect of fundraising—wouldn’t you donate more if it was your friend, coworker, or family member advocating for a cause as opposed to a stranger?

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Phishing Scam: Habitat for Humanity fundraising

Robert Weiner

It plays Habitat's name, Haiti relief, and pure greed -- it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. This is demonstrated in our role as a corporate sponsor for the HAITI RELIEF PROGRAM with money raised going towards helping displaced and disabled children and their families. Fundraising (at least in the U.S.)

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . What is most important is that whoever writes the grant fully understands the project and the organization and how to present both to the funders. . Whole Kids Foundation.

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Cause Camp: From Humble Roots to Must-Attend Conference

NonProfit Hub

Most nonprofits don’t do traditional marketing/branding to sell a product but to gain financial donations or recruit volunteers.”. The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti. For the first time, a national speaker was scheduled to give a keynote.

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