article thumbnail

Can You Help Jeff Jackson Find His Godson in Chile?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Located the family I lived with in Chile. RT @JeffVallarta #Chile, help me find godson Amaro $ family: Eric Rojas e Ingrid Sepulveda, Melepilla, 601-5063, 8-568-5570, 9-423-1180. They were on a bus to Stgo during the night when the quake hit. Located best friends Carlos/Erika in Talca near the epicenter.

Chile 94
article thumbnail

How to Help Chilean Earthquake Survivors

Have Fun - Do Good

Last Saturday, February 27th, Chile was hit with an 8.8 If you're looking for ways to help the earthquake's survivors, the sites and blogs below have posted lists of relief organizations working in Chile: Chile's 8.8 blog Check each relief organizations' individual site for ways to support their work.

Chile 56
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

In Case of Emergency, Update Your Facebook Status

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The online survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. As we have seen in natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Chile Earthquake, people are using social media to reach out for help. Social media has radically changed how people communicate, including their calls for help.

Facebook 105
article thumbnail

25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 | Nonprofit.

sgEngage

Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online. The makeup of this year’s list reinforces some of the findings in Blackbaud’s 2010 Online Giving Report. International organizations raised a tremendous amount online in 2010.

Online 111
article thumbnail

Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. Horin also said that other partners in the TechSoup Global network responded to requests for donations and assistance.

Network 103
article thumbnail

Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

We have a robust social media presence on all the sites you'd expect: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and our blog. The social media, disaster response, non-profit and government leaders had a working lunch to brainstorm ways to better aggregate and respond to information on social media sites.

article thumbnail

Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).