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

Qgiv

Here is an example of how a faith-based organization leveraged storytelling in a fundraising appeal.]. Qgiv offers a mobile suite where you can not only send texts but also track the progress of your peer-to-peer campaign. Use a mobile donation app to encourage giving on the go.

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

NTEN

FEMA updated their Facebook account with survival tips, like how to navigate around a flooded city, and information on how to access FEMA on your mobile phone. One of those was the MTA Twitter stream , offering updates and pictures – storytelling to keep New Yorkers updated and in the loop on public transportation.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

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. Embrace storytelling. The crowd decides and creates everything that it is. This is something that the 350.org

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The End of the Beginning of Online Giving

Connection Cafe

Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. It should come as no surprise that giving on mobile devices has seen tremendous growth in the past few years. Since 2009, online donations made on mobile devices have grown from 9% of all transactions to 24% in 2018.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

Hosted applications and platforms also require equitable access pathways, so while low cost hardware are available, it is broadband and mobile divides that are important. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. At the moment we are in transition from hosted applications to mobile access to the cloud.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

Hosted applications and platforms also require equitable access pathways, so while low cost hardware are available, it is broadband and mobile divides that are important. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. At the moment we are in transition from hosted applications to mobile access to the cloud.

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

NTEN

By Nam-ho Park, Director, Mobile Service, Forum One. With the arrival of smartphones, it’s amazing how much data we are collecting and consuming on our mobile devices. Now we have our mobile devices diligently collecting our data. Now I can just say I’m Mobile Me , to borrow a term Apple has abandoned. Our Stories.