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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes. One important study shows that a positive image of a child leads to a higher average gift donation than a negative one. If so, using negative images can be an effective way to show urgent need.

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The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy

ASU Lodestar Center

With charity events, it all comes down to public awareness. Charity isn’t something that you “sell” but something that you spread to other likeminded individuals. However, when I had the unique opportunity to work with a local company on marketing a charity event; it was an enjoyable yet different experience. Rainbow SEO.

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Microsoft HelpBridge: A Disaster Response App

Tech Soup

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Mobile Giving Foundation for text-to-give donations to disaster relief charities. Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources. Start using the app.

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Apps for Disaster Planning

Tech Soup

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate.

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“Be the Change You Wish to See in the World”

Connection Cafe

I struggled as to what I should write, in this, my last public address. Over the past 13 years, I have been privileged to meet many change agents: social entrepreneurs leading their own charities, innovators inside existing nonprofits, creative service providers, and indeed change agents within Convio. Author: Vinay Bhagat.

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