Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your donor software should allow you to insert the donor’s name into the thank-you in either email or snail mail letters. For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” It creates two pieces of mail or email for the donor to open and read. I don’t like this approach.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Here’s our mailing address if you want to send a check. Include who to make the check out to and where to mail it. More teens will grow into proud, capable adults who will build a stronger Haiti!” . They want to give to support the cause. But as important as fundraising landing pages are, they are often dull and transactional.

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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. In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. Melissa Eliott was heavily involved in the Haiti relief effort as a volunteer.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. While online fundraising is still a drop in the bucket compared to snail mail, it grows exponentially each year. Online giving grew 34.5% of total fundraising now comes from online giving. 88% of nonprofits had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

When you receive a gift by check, you should print and mail a personalized letter of appreciation that serves as the receipt. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. This completes the cycle and sets the stage for your organization to receive another gift from the donor.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

A recap of fundraising resources of the first 2/3 of 2010 wouldn't be complete without some discussion of the incredible work that the Red Cross did using mobile and social media to raise funds and awareness about the disaster in Haiti. Amy Sample-Ward was kind enough to break it down for us back in February.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Individuals are also more accessible on these platforms than they would be by email, mail or phone. The report attributes it to giving in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts. These markets are more diverse and skew both wealthier and younger, all of which bode well for future fundraising.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Email and direct mail from nonprofits have virtually the same influence on consumers' decisions to give at 27% and 28% respectively -- email closed a 10% gap from 2008 to 2009.1. Prior to Haiti's record online giving, December 31, 2009 saw more than $19 million dollars given online in one day.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. Your nonprofit receives a check in the mail 30 to 90 days later. This is precisely the kind of mobile fundraising campaign run by The Red Cross in support of Haiti. Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaires. This, you expected.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Direct Mail. In my mind, the possibilities are limitless – smart mail that allows you donate by phone, self-led tours or art exhibits, peer-to-peer donations made by bumping your phones together.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Between Barack Obama’s much discussed use of texting to mobilize supporters during the campaign to the most recent successes charitable organizations had in raising money via “text to donate” campaigns after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, text messaging is now seen as the “new” must have in any marketing plan for nonprofits.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Between Barack Obama’s much discussed use of texting to mobilize supporters during the campaign to the most recent successes charitable organizations had in raising money via “text to donate” campaigns after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, text messaging is now seen as the “new” must have in any marketing plan for nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Kicking off the effort was paired with an e-mail to a list of about 30 classical music bloggers. That’s why the Red Cross was so successful with their text message donation campaign during the Haiti crisis. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2010

In the wake of the Haiti earthquake, the message was timely and reminded me that in the case of his school, I can do more than give cash. Yet over the holidays, I received a fancy direct mail piece from you. I realize that sometimes you will contact me by mail.

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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. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser.

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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. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? We already pulled some of the data for a feature research package on mobile giving , particularly related to the response to the earthquake in Haiti. What are their preferred channels for engagement?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Using e-mail, texting and basic Web connectivity on a mobile phone or other mobile device, aid workers in remote or heavily damaged areas were able to view content, create alerts, file reports, participate in discussion forums and update information on the portal.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Using e-mail, texting and basic Web connectivity on a mobile phone or other mobile device, aid workers in remote or heavily damaged areas were able to view content, create alerts, file reports, participate in discussion forums and update information on the portal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I always love to receive a singular Traveling Postcard in the mail. Lastly we always love to receive an individual card in the mail. Simply sitting together around a table surrounded by beautiful art making supplies, we quietly chose objects that reflected the selves we wish to share despite our circumstances.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations. Some people are going to spend the next 20 years talking about the death of direct mail, email, social media, online giving, peer-to-peer, and everything in between. Did you get the memo?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2010

What will the on-going value of direct mail be versus online and emerging fundraising channels such as social media and mobile? We already pulled some of the data for a feature research package on mobile giving , particularly related to the response to the earthquake in Haiti. What are their preferred channels for engagement?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

Every gift you give away, you don't mail it somewhere. There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle. Then she got FedEx to pay to ship the whole thing over to Haiti. I wanted to keep stuff out of the landfills.

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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. Gmail’s new tabbed inbox automatically categorizes incoming mail and puts it in the new inboxes: primary, promotion, social, updates. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

We spent $1,200 to send out 500 pieces of mail in our direct mail campaign and we netted $4,500 in donations. Fireside International ([link] a non-profit media company in Haiti, needed English language learning materials for a new school they were building. Measuring the ROI of a fundraising campaign is equally simple.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I think it's important to donate to Japan and Haiti and other places that have suffered from natural disasters. Although, I was able to donate a little to the United Way campaign through my affiliation with the Lodestar Center, and I'm a member of the local NPR affiliate. It's a problem. Central Ave.

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