Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

When wildfires devastated the area around San Diego in October, 2007, citizen journalists used e-mail, text messages, and social media sites to collect and disseminate real-time information about the location of the fires, evacuation efforts, meeting places and emergency supplies. magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010.

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . For more information, download Blackbaud’s free 2011 Online Giving Report.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. The 2011 Millennial Donor report , the second in an annual series, focuses on engaging Millennials in fundraising. The data says we should move on. Celebrities are out; Trust is 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

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. "You've got data.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Click here to put in your credit card information. It’s also about giving the donor choices in how much they give and information about where their money is going. Just a little more information… If you can collect a little information, that’s great but don’t be a burden. They want to be a part of making it happen.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. Download the full white paper or share it using this link: [link] Below are notes from my remarks. The internet is not new.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Since many donors will learn about your organization through your peer-to-peer recruits, having an informative website is critical. Use these tips to motivate participants to fundraise: Send texts to participants with information on the campaign’s progress and milestone achievements. Use Impact Statements.

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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. At the time of the Haiti earthquake, very few people in the country were using Twitter, but it was enough to get news of needs out to the world. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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sgEngage

JUNE 16, 2011

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 0.4%

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

Every sector surveyed in our 2011 Online Fundraising Report experienced double-digit growth since 2009 , including roughly 13 percent* in the past year. offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. Pro Tip : Keep donors – both scarce and consistent – up-to-date with information.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Six years later, it looks like Dd hasn't strayed far from its roots.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

And, during the Haiti emergency response over the last month, we've seen some encouraging results. Since January 12 -- when the earthquake struck Haiti -- we've: Gained more than 9,000 fans on Facebook. They appreciate the reporting. Picked up 1,300 new followers on Twitter. Social media, indeed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. One of the new things Ushahidi was doing was crowdsourcing information.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. 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? 83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. The report includes online giving data from over 1,400 nonprofits. Here are some key findings of the report. Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. You can download your FREE copy here. These organizations represent $5.1

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. Report back on key milestones. Today I heard about Drew Olanoff's latest fundraising campaign, a text to give strategy on behalf of Boarding for Breast Cancer.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them. Since then, there have been more than 6.5

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

the morning of the announcement to "run" the press releases to the key media outlets/reporters. Because of technology reporters are no longer confined to the publisher’s building – my last press tour took me to the homes of reporters in three small towns for kitchen table product demos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What is your message and what do you want the audience to do? How do your all your communication channels work together to inform, engage, and motivate? What would be of most value to your existing audience – information, ability to transactions, and how? What is your objective? Who is the target audience?

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. First Download the 2011 Online Giving Report , then implement these seven tips that will help you improve your online fundraising efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others. Click to see larger version. Internet Director. Web Producer.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

You can always count on Philip King from Artez Interactive , to bring you some great information in his podcast series. If you really hate reading, we also discussed the report in a webinar; that recording is here. We recommend episode 11. For the Cliff's Notes version, check out the blog post from Steve Peretz of M+R.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

You're absolutely right that information quality comes from people and that data's fitness for a particular purpose is very contextual. To continue in this direction, let’s look at how people use this information. The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Technolog - Google tool helps find Christchurch earthquake victims: "The Google Person Finder is a free, simple-to-use tool which was dreamt up after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Every day, someone at a nonprofit is looking for a donor’s address or phone number online, Googling a name for past giving or searching for some biographical information on LinkedIn. Was there anything in the latest Giving USA report that surprised you? They just don’t know they are doing it!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ".

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

You turn to NTEN Connect for the information that will help you do your job better -- the articles in this very issue prove it -- but also for those brief sanity breaks that let you keep pushing ahead toward realizing your vision of a better world. Maybe it's true what Fast Company wrote, that " Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental ".

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Moreover, text messages are reported to have an open rate of more than 90 percent. It is just important to have the right level of expectation (not every campaign will match the Red Cross's $32 million for earthquake relief in Haiti), and to convey a sense of urgency to prospective donors. Questions and Concerns.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Their business intelligence products let organizations create interactive reports and presentations, while their cloud-based tools help enable group decision making. In response to the 2010 crisis in Haiti , SAP employees contributed US$530,000 for immediate aid, and the company plans to match this over a two-year period.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. The organization is also experimenting with supplementing on-site reporters with remote map coordinators. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. That’s why the Red Cross was so successful with their text message donation campaign during the Haiti crisis. All are captured here ).

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi. The organization is also experimenting with supplementing on-site reporters with remote map coordinators. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

You need a story that editors and reporters will deem newsworthy – an interesting story people will read or watch on the news. Look at your organization’s work as if you are a reporter. . Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list.

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