Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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).

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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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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. In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx. (We’ll Ushahidi : most recently, Ushahidi adpated it’s platform for use in Haiti and Chili to let the crowd both in Haiti/Chili and outside share information and data in real time via mobiles or a web browser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in the final #zoogood Twitter chat of 2010. I’m in learning mode, so this post is a quick summary of insights, questions, and resources. What would be of most value to your existing audience – information, ability to transactions, and how? What is your objective?

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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. What are the best specific blog posts and resources out there on SMS fundraising? . . textPlus, a mobile app, offers users free texting with group text capability.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Follow Jay on Twitter at @gordonjayfrost or reach him by email at jay@fundraisinginfo.com. 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.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Crowdsourcing also provided information on gas stations that were still open (and where lines were actually moving). Those with the fewest resources found themselves most vulnerable to the infrastructure failures. In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

If you see a story in the national news that is relevant to your work in the local community, that can be a great time to be a resource to your local media, offering them a local story. Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. Avoid exclamation points.

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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. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. To us that was more important, but thankfully the resources followed the work! million meals!

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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. How will you gather information about the results of your efforts?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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). Openness or How Do You Design for the Loss of Control?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. I want to tell you about Nonprofit Tech For Good , a great nonprofit technology news resource. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user. Open Data in Africa.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Maybe it’s because I spent so many of the dark hours that followed cut-off from my community – so disconnected from friends & family, on a business trip that mutated into a frantic 2-day race home through the desert Southwest – that I started to consider what it would have been like if we’d had Twitter on 9/11.

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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. Within days, DigiCel set up a short code to which free messages could be sent for assistance.

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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. Blackbaud and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council have been working together to publish trends and best practice information in this area. All Rights Reserved

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

Supporting more than 100,000 nonprofits, Network for Good provides an aggregation of resources including expert communications and fundraising training as well as webinars , e-books , and a wealth of how-to literature on everything nonprofit, all for. the resources you need for relatively cheap. When the earthquake struck in Haiti in.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The 34 page report contains a lot of information across a broad range of questions. Of the organizations receiving gifts for Haiti, 59% passed the donation along to another organization and 41% funded their own relief efforts. This approach provides more useful benchmarking information than repeated cross?sectional

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

This increase is especially noteworthy considering the substantial giving to Haiti in the prior year period.” This decrease continues a trend from January and is attributable to the large amount of Haiti relief giving in 2010. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis. All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The negative trend continues to show the impact of Haiti giving in 2010 compared to 2011. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue decreased by 10.6% All Rights Reserved

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Half the Sky , which discusses sex trafficking, forced prostitution and gender-based violence is a tough read, and we all agreed that discussing it together really helped to process the information. Below are a few examples and resources to help you start, or join a social action book group: 1. The Kittredge W.I.S.H.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Next: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo? All Rights Reserved

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

Human-based social engineering is just what it sounds like – people at a computer entering stolen credit card information to process a transaction. There are certainly pros and cons to using these but they work. Just about everyone in law enforcement will tell you that this is the hardest type of online credit card fraud to prevent.

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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. With some basic information an organization can start benchmarking their own performance against their peers in the analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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