NCE Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Wyclef Jean , a highly regarded musician, was brought to tears during a press interview defending his charity’s use of funds. Take a moment and think what you would be doing right now if your agency was in a situation like Haiti. Could this be a fundraising tool that you can promote for your own agency? How would you communicate?

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. They accept applications at any time. National Park Trust. Areas served: Colorado, Wyoming.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2010

Stop being passive about press coverage. 5 Social Media Lessons From the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort. Has your nonprofit been monitoring the outpour of donations by people all over the world to support Haiti relief efforts? Her list includes: 1. Stop thinking tactics. Stop debating which channel is best. Stop flying blind.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Social media tools allowed for distribution of roles/responsibilities across the community (including garnering press coverage). 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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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world. After going to Katrina five years ago, I saw how bad the establishment was at responding rapidly.

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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. I can hit the send button and send the press release to everyone who wants it at the same time. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts. Technology has changed all that.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

Unanticipated press coverage and subsequent attention on your cause can be the result of change of law or a court’s ruling. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now. It may even be as simple yet unexpected as a pop culture figure bringing an issue to the forefront through controversy.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. This is precisely the kind of mobile fundraising campaign run by The Red Cross in support of Haiti. Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaires. If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” This, you expected.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Step 2: Write a pitch or a press release. If you want to pitch your story to several news outlets, you need to draft a press release, which you can later adapt for your website’s blog, your email marketing communications, and your social channels. Convert your press release to a PDF. See what types of stories they cover.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Unanticipated press coverage and subsequent attention on your cause can be the result of change of law or a court’s ruling. Being prepared for an unforeseen surge of donations is something every nonprofit should be positioned for, and the swell of attention doesn’t need to come only from a natural disaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The second round of the contest opened on January 15th and the pre-contest promotion on January 14th on the contest fan page was met with a chorus of "Vote for Haiti." Chase had, in face, already donated to the relief efforts, although the link to the corporate press release was not posted on the Fan Page all until two days later.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

Wyclef Jean Brings Aid to Haiti with His Music Alfred de Montesquiou of the Associated Press wrote an article recently about how the hip-hop musician, Wyclef Jean, uses his music and his new aid organization, Yéle Haiti , to help deliver aid and food into some of the most dangerous areas of Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Somewhere during the frenzied media coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the press stopped using the word “hurricane.” In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop. Up and down the nation’s most densely populated corridor it caused damage currently estimated at $50 billion.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti. Organizations should also consider repurposing emails, newsletter content, press releases, or sections of grant reports. It employs volunteer artists who use the arts as a tool for healing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The infographic focuses on four initiatives — the response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Charity: Water , Tweet Drive , and Twestival — and breaks down the campaigns’ success (how many people participated, how much money was raised, etc.). It also examines how the nature of donating and volunteering is changing in the age of social media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

Overall: A very popular site with lots of press (Edward Norton is one of its. When the earthquake struck in Haiti in. Though there is no cost to start a project, there is a 5 percent. transaction fee for all donations, plus a $1 transaction fee for. donations under $25 and a $2.50 transaction fee for donations $25 and.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

And yes, it may mean that a group in Argentina, that is certainly deserving by our basic standards, may not get a grant this year, so that we can support very worthwhile and important requests from a group that has even less access to resources in Haiti. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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