TechImpact

AUGUST 7, 2014

We’ve all heard about the $30 million dollars the Red Cross raised through mobile in just a few hours in the wake of the Haiti natural disaster. Through their eclectic partnership the two collaborated to create a mobile donation platform and leveraged social media to raise more than $32,000 for the nonprofit.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Every fundraiser knows the role that social media users played in delivering dollars to the American Red Cross for disaster relief in Haiti and to Planned Parenthood for mammogram screenings in the wake of the Komen Foundation’s withdrawal of funding, but actually how social media delivers such results has been a bit of mystery.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

They support organizations that are leaders in what they do, demonstrate innovation, and align and collaborate with others to achieve workable solutions to community issues. Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Areas served: Worldwide. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Collaboration via social media has enabled the program to come together and launch. Ushahidi : most recently, Ushahidi adpated it’s platform for use in Haiti and Chili to let the crowd both in Haiti/Chili and outside share information and data in real time via mobiles or a web browser.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. Melissa Eliott was heavily involved in the Haiti relief effort as a volunteer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

What ecosystems facilitate serendipitous discovery and collaboration? There’s a happy side to these kids and this is what we try to focus on with Yele Haiti.” If you let the people decide, then nothing truly adventurous ever gets out and that’s a problem.” starts around 7:21). WYCLEF JEAN | Musician | @wyclef. starts around 20:58).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

I will be working with a cluster of Packard grantees in Pakistan and India in collaboration with IIE. This year, 2012, will have a focus on designing and delivering capacity building projects with NGOs outside the US.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2010

There are also projects you can participate in online, to put your nptech skills to work for earthquake-devastated Haiti. Allyson Kapin writes up an article for the Care2 blog about the impact of mobile fundraising for the Red Cross (txt "Haiti" to 90999 to send $10!)

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

If a group of volunteers could organize an ad-hoc database of survivors in under a week, then surely the disaster response community could set up systems to share data about their work to make collaboration more prolific and decrease duplication of efforts. So far today, we've seen Google's Crisis Response page.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Microsoft Project and Huddle 's cloud collaboration solution to manage it’s many children’s rights projects worldwide. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti. ATCAC operates a school in Guyotin-Coco, one of the poorest rural communities in Haiti. It also uses both. All these are available as donations from TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Read about how Pocket First Aid & CPR helped save a life in the Haiti Earthquake of 2010. Facebook) lets you collaborate with your staff to come up with a disaster plan. iOS) by the Insurance Information Institute has preloaded checklists so you can prepare your organization before disaster strikes. Other Useful Apps.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Facebook set up a Global Disaster Relief page , with the intention that it "serve as a collaborative resource for individuals, non-profits, governments and industry to raise awareness for those in need around the world".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others. Click to see larger version. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

A recap of fundraising resources of the first 2/3 of 2010 wouldn't be complete without some discussion of the incredible work that the Red Cross did using mobile and social media to raise funds and awareness about the disaster in Haiti. Amy Sample-Ward was kind enough to break it down for us back in February.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

After escaping he was left homeless and living on the streets of Haiti until discovered by Haiti Mama , a nonprofit organization committed to connecting homeless children with their families. Most orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti are not as fortunate.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. The challenges also provided opportunities for collaboration between participants. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

It has cultivated over 130 staff bloggers, invested in a web platform (Drupal) to faciliate storytelling and collaboration, provides storytelling training to staff, and recognizes the importance of leveraging staff writers, photographers, and videographers across all of its efforts. Concern Worldwide. International Rescue Committee.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. More importantly, over time we will see that the expectations that the cloud engenders have changed how we define what is worth working on.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program. More importantly, over time we will see that the expectations that the cloud engenders have changed how we define what is worth working on.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti? It could spawn innovative interactive applications that support collaborative learning.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle. Then she got FedEx to pay to ship the whole thing over to Haiti. It was an orphanage that was really in dire need of things. That just felt so immensely good. You are not alone."

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Now, another way to approach it is with a, like a partner myLIFEpeaks in Haiti, which I’ll be down there on Sunday to close this project out. And so it was a collaborative effort of, you know, if we can get in-kind, then we can add, you know, this conference room back in that we had to cut. That’s one way to approach it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti. The organization gauges what's working on their blog by tracking feedback, volunteer numbers, attendance at events, and inquiries for collaboration from potential sponsors and partners.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Native organizations only. Mary’s Pence.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. They invest in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Native organizations only. Mary’s Pence.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. feels like being asked to write about the details of a party after having just walked in the door. But you already know this. . Read his full bio.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, I think it's important to donate to Japan and Haiti and other places that have suffered from natural disasters. Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo. I really should make an effort to donate more to other causes. But, like you, I rarely put my money where my heart is. It's a problem.

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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. Ushahidi’s board , like its staff , work together virtually across many time zones using different online tools for meetings and collaborative work.

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