Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn’t help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders. We’re not having a purely academic/technical debate: rapid humanitarian response in a disaster saves lives. Using SMS for its purported predictive capabilities would likely to have been a second disaster. Delay costs lives.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? “Increasingly, especially with major events like Haiti, carriers waive these fees for the halo effect of social marketing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Drones also show promise for delivering goods to rural or disaster-stricken areas that would otherwise be inaccessible. Tracking storms.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. on our own servers or desktops.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. on our own servers or desktops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. Maybe that first step is research.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Mobile applications have also begun to surface to empower peer-to-peer fundraisers to check their progress and send appeals straight from their phone. Events – Galas, walk/run/ride-a-thons.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Prior to Haiti's record online giving, December 31, 2009 saw more than $19 million dollars given online in one day. Many nonprofits not only accepted unprecedented mobile gifts from text messages for Haitian relief efforts, but integration with their online CRM system allowed them to respond and begin to build lasting donor relationships.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

52% of all grantmakers, not just foundations, reported an increase in applications in 2010, compared with same period in 2009. Among grantmakers receiving more applications, 49% intend to increase their budgets in 2011. For the responding organizations in the International sub-sector, 60% expect an increased budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti. I was most surprised how many online applications that I use daily in the US were slow loading and impossible to use. I was also surprised that Facebook loaded easily, even posting photos.

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