NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

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. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

One of my biggest takeaways from last year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco was this oft-repeated advice on social networking, specifically Facebook and Twitter: you can't make them come to you. We simply needed to make Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube an extension of what we were already doing and saying.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. That said, below are 10 text campaigns that I was able to find through Google and Twitter searches: 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. Volunteers in one region could follow the twitter stream or hashtags from other groups and iterate off their progress almost as if they were all in one room.

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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. Volunteers in one region could follow the twitter stream or hashtags from other groups and iterate off their progress almost as if they were all in one room.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations. Social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube keep many of us connected to a continuous stream of information. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure jane meseck Leadership Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations. Social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube keep many of us connected to a continuous stream of information. Tags: cloud computing Infrastructure jane meseck Leadership Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites.

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