Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response. Those not in Haiti can also use the application as it aggregates news and actions to take.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

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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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

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. While these sound like formidable barriers, they’re not stopping for-profit businesses from raking in cash. This, you expected.

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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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Channel Rhode Island Charlotte Integration 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

From there they traversed Long Island Sound to New London, Connecticut, and then drove to Boston. 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.

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