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Micro Volunteering for the Haiti Earthquake

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Geoff Livingston, my colleague at Zoetica, has a post in Mashable today on Five Social Media Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake Relief. He describes how with the widespread adoption of social media in the non-profit sector, people’s ability to act and support communities in need like Haiti has only been increased.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response.

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7 “Must Do’s” When Thanking Donors To Win Their Heart and Set Up Future Gifts

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For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” ” Or: “We know that dogs that are nervous and miserable in a shelter setting usually thrive in foster homes, growing into happy pets that can be adopted into loving, permanent homes.

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Five Simple (and Fun) Ways to Promote Nonprofits on FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FourSquare is definitely starting to catch on with enterprising techie folks that love to be early adopters. Add their address, phone and Twitter ID (search their website and Google to see what their Twitter ID is). That’s a good a sign. Make sure you spell out the name of the nonprofit. Don’t use acronyms.

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10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. Inviduals sign up to receive Amber Alerts in the area on their mobile phones. NARALPro-Choice America :: Subscribe.

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Sorry, You Can't Say That: Text Message Censorship

NTEN

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. More nonprofits are adopting it and experimenting with it as a communications and engagement channel. The time for mobile is clearly now. Then, Sprint and Catholic Relief Services tangled.

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The Latest in Mobile (Giving) Campaigns

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Susan was responsible for the record breaking Haiti SMS text campaign that brought in over $30 million via mobile phones. Non-Profit Adoption of Mobile Giving. Officer for the Red Cross managing corporate partnerships. Ron Vassallo: CEO of Kaptivate and Author of Are We There Yet?

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