Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. 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. How can we do that?

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

However, many of the participants in these campaigns often are not professional fundraisers, so they need a little help along the way to ensure they can be as successful as they want to be. Showing your appreciation upfront helps to strengthen the fundraiser’s connection with your nonprofit. Thank You and Welcome Messages.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 31, 2010

Last week in my post, Keeping Your Balance While Helping Haiti , I suggested that you research organizations working in Haiti that you would like to support by donating, volunteering, or helping in some other way throughout 2010. Have you chosen a way to support an organization working in Haiti throughout 2010?

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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. A We Need/We Have exchange to help get available resources to the people that need them. These preliminary efforts paid off.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. It's also helping all of us who feel helpless, nestled in our homes in the developed world, contribute to the cause and see immediate impact. Mapping systems are helping pinpoint areas that are hardest hit and mobilize aid.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). And then there’s the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. I counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word. Here is what he learned. Definitely.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Twitter Strikes Deal To Bring Free SMS Tweets To Haiti - washingtonpost.com: "Following the disastrous earthquake in Haiti earlier this year, a number of web companies have been setting up special programs to try and do their part to help.

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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. million + Twitter followers. One large influencer, author Neil Gaiman , shared the message sent to him which was dispersed to his 1.4

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "Haiti 365 will continue to evolve as more people create videos and sign-up to show their support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. Social media has radically changed how people communicate, including their calls for help.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! As Charlie puts on his JG page, ‘at least 10 laps, I hope!’

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. Twitter uses hashtags.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2014

Such is the call of a recent integrated marketing campaign launched by Mission of Hope, Haiti (MOH). For the past fifteen years, MOH Founders Brad and Vanessa Johnson have indeed been changing the world, dedicating their lives to save tens of thousands of children in poverty-stricken Haiti. Looking for Sponsors.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

In 2009, for example, two trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing emergency numbers directly. 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2010

Add their address, phone and Twitter ID (search their website and Google to see what their Twitter ID is). For example, yesterday I checked-in to Lowe’s who is donating $1 million to Haiti relief (forgot to mention they are donating the funds to the Red Cross). Make sure you spell out the name of the nonprofit.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. " People have always wanted to help. social tools + people = lives saved. .

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Pacific time via the Twitter hashtag #Text2Give for a real-time discussion of how text-to-give campaigns can help nonprofits. When following the January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the Red Cross quickly mobilized a text donation campaign that raised an astounding $32 million. Join us on Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 a.m.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). And then there's the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2011

Do they feel that one day Twitter and Facebook are going to bring in the big bucks and build a huge base of activists that will come to your organization’s rescue when you need their help the most? Are your nonprofit staffers addicted to social media? Tweetsgiving, created by Amanda Rose, raised $1.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” They’re jocks, geeks, artists, musicians and cheerleaders…and we need their help. That dude John Burn [an earlier presenter] was up here saying that ‘Twitter makes it easy to find stuff that pertains to you.’ Generic license ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Many in the audience were colleagues that I have met through my blog over years and have helped me with Cambodian fundraising, like Roger Carr. She shared some insights about the Red Cross’s social media work leading up to Haiti. Shireen did a fabulous job of bringing in their voices. Wendy Harman from the Red Cross.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

"There's really no more rewarding work in the world than helping women and girls attain the highest possible quality of life." ~ Carinne Brody This month's Big Vision Podcast interview is special because it's part of the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign organized by Tara Sophia Mohr. Share Tweet.

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AFP Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Where Social Media Meets Strategy - Forbes.com: "Sure, Twitter might have helped millions of victims of natural disasters, from fires to hurricanes to the recent Haiti earthquake, but some executives may ask what that has to do with employees.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Shortly after last's week's earthquake in Haiti, a group of students working in a laboratory in Colorado unveiled a project that makes it easier for victims and volunteers to tweet for help.The lab, at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Atlas Institute, produced a guideline for a 'help specific' (..)

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Our survey showed that 91% of our respondents use Facebook, 63% use Twitter, 45% use YouTube and 35% use LinkedIn, amongst other media. You give the 150 million smartphone users (by 2011) in the US, the power to help support, and promote your cause! And 92% of surveyed nonprofits plan on using at least one of these tools in 2011.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It's simple: We work with fabulous local hosts to recruit NTC-area orgs who need some help. Once you're signed up, the amazing Beth Kanter will get you up to speed and help you choose a project, Here's are some of the projects still looking for volunteers: Group #037 - Pro Pueblo Foundation Corp. Magic happens. Consult Details: 1.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2010

As an advocacy buff, I've been particularly impressed with the action alerts and online petitions related to Haiti. With a little help from a friend, I created TweetAtCongress.com. After doing a little research, I wasn't able to find a plug-and-play solution out there to meet this need, so I decided to build my own!

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