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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. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response.

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Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement

Connection Cafe

Author: Emma Zolbrod. And with the publishing of the 2010 Nonprofit Resolutions Guide , 5 main lessons learned in the way of multi-channel marketing were evident in 2009. Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement. So, please choose your communication channel more carefully when you reach out to me.

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How Digital Democracy Empowers Marginalized Communities

Tech Soup

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. In her talk, Jacobi noted: "Traditionally marginalized groups like indigenous populations or the grassroots women in Haiti, when they are just telling their own stories, often they are not listened to.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Kanter and Allison Fine, the authors of The Networked Nonprofit that inspired this experiment, wrote an Assessment and Reflection Report on America’s Giving Challenge 2009. That’s why the Red Cross was so successful with their text message donation campaign during the Haiti crisis. All are captured here ).

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Keys to Following Up with Disaster Response Donors

Connection Cafe

Author: Molly Brooksbank. What channel did they use? How are they really converting donors from one channel to another? Katrina donors didn’t necessarily give to Haiti. An interview with Katie Beth DeSchepper of StrategicOne. KB: You really have to use what you have and what you know, so how did they pay?

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How Much Money is Raised through Online Giving?

sgEngage

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. This was an increase of over 34% from 2009.

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