NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, cholera spreading into the bateyes posed an imminent threat as most of the workers migrated from Haiti. The NTEN: Change publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and ready to download!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

11) MoMa Design Store :: store.moma.org. Classic modern and cutting edge design products for adults and kids, including items produced exclusively for the Museum of Modern Art (New York). One-of-a-kind gifts designed to help St. Vegan and palm oil-free, for every bar sold, Hand in Hand donates a bar to children in Haiti.

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Care2

AUGUST 27, 2018

The design students turned entrepreneurs invented the solar-powered, waterproof lantern with a mission: to help people through power outages after major disasters, like the Haiti earthquake. By the time Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta made it onto the hit show Shark Tank, they’d been hustling their product, LuminAid , for half a decade.

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Business Haiti Disaster Statistics 42

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Hijack your homepage to make Haiti the focus if it is a significant fundraising effort. Particularly note any past work in Haiti or any teams already on the ground. There are two problems with this: 1 – savvy donors will question where the money is going and 2 – other donors will assume it is going to Haiti.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

." » Your Mobile Giving by State – Wendy Harman at the American Red Cross has posted a map and data about the funds donated via texting "Haiti" to 90999 to support the victims in the Haiti earthquake crisis. Design for People To Self Organize! " My favorite lesson?

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Web Haiti Bookmarking Lesson 132

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. You can see the full collection, and how they were voted on by the community here: [link].

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Community Case Study Haiti Social Media 207

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Plan, design, and build a new community playground, multi-sport court, or adventure course by working with KaBoom! They accept applications at any time. There are no deadlines or specific grantmaking cycles. Whole Kids Foundation.

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Education Grant Fund Resource 89

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Angela Yu, Changed by Design Celebration and exposure of designers' ideas for solving the world's problems. The blog covers social design and the Millennium Development Goals. It specializes in adoption from China, Taiwan and Haiti. Check out their blog, Brighter Futures.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

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

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Learning Pakistan Haiti Facilitation 92

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Through TechSoup Japan, KnK received a donation of 15 Microsoft Office 2007 licenses and Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium. Having the new software helped the office to run more efficiently and to create beautifully designed posters, brochures, catalogs, and especially web pages. " Nonprofit Education in Haiti.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

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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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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Mobile Time Haiti Nonprofit 77

Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Although the National Institutes of Health's Wireless Information for Emergency Responders/WISER (Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone) is actually designed for hazmat teams and other first responders, its wealth of information makes it noteworthy. Other Useful Apps. StopDisaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

One topic they discussed the challenge of networked governance and leadership and mentioned that they’d be holding this convening to talk about to “smush&# the two networks together and have the networks design the best governance structure. Photo by Glenn Hirsch. Photo by Glenn Hirsch.

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Global Network Participatory Netsquared 96

Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

And so when I saw [the earthquake] hit Haiti, I knew that the status quo was going to be this lumbering response and I said, 'well, why can't I fix that?'", said Wood, Team Rubicon. Jane Chen and Linus Liang, Embrace – Embrace was born out of a Stanford School of Design class titled "Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability."

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Award Change Social Journal 62

Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2011

A few of the top takeaways from the guide include: Respond Quickly — When communicating during times of crisis, simplicity and effectiveness are far more important than design or prose. Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now.

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Guide Haiti Disaster Japan 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Don’t run to play Mario just yet though — the game has to be specially designed to fill in lapses in brain activity from the start! The neuroscientists at the Gazzaley Lab at University of California, San Francisco, have shown that games can improve our cognitive function. Around Gender.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

and especially since the dramatic success of the Red Cross Haiti text fundraising. But using the service to create the application is only one third of the process. You need to get it approved and published on iTunes for distribution and, of course, you have to promote outside of the iTunes.

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Texas Haiti Application Hunger 95

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. Today I heard about Drew Olanoff's latest fundraising campaign, a text to give strategy on behalf of Boarding for Breast Cancer.

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Cancer Campaign Fundraising Haiti 94

Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

If the gift was toward a campaign or designated for a special purpose, it’s a good idea to include that information as well for the donor’s reference. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. And your gift made it happen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Click to see larger version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The event was designed for the Mashable audience, a younger and social media savvy group that has the hunger and capacity to consumer a lot of content as well as do good in the world. This was particularly true in Maria Bello’s story about her work in Haiti with creating a women’s network called We Advance.

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Conversation Reflection Action Impact 97

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. Using this simple method, your nonprofit advertises the availability of your designated fundraising phone number to potential donors. This is precisely the kind of mobile fundraising campaign run by The Red Cross in support of Haiti.

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Phone Mobile Method Haiti 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

One recent project asked people to tag photos from Haiti in an effort to identify missing people. This micro-volunteering site offers an iPhone app that lets you work on projects while you're in line at the bank, or waiting for the bus to pick you up. Many people, making a difference two minutes at a time a powerful concept.

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National Volunteer San Jose Teen 89

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Donate to your own nonprofit to confirm the thank you landing page and follow-up email are current and designed to feature important calls-to-action (CTAs). 4) Invest in professional graphic design. Some projects absolutely require hiring professional graphic designers. Donation Pages. 3) Implement a donor retention strategy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2015

Every year Fast Company, a magazine and media enterprise with an "editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design" makes a list of The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies. As for the Girl Scouts, programs like Junior Achievement have long fostered youth entrepreneurship.

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Detroit Map Virginia Nonprofit 36

Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

A few of the top takeaways from the guide include: Respond Quickly - When communicating during times of crisis, simplicity and effectiveness are far more important than design or prose. A straight-forward communication will help your supporters understand your organization’s position to the crisis and how they can support your efforts.

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Examples Guide Haiti Disaster 28

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In response to the 2010 crisis in Haiti , SAP employees contributed US$530,000 for immediate aid, and the company plans to match this over a two-year period. Thanks to an interactive population dashboard that SAP designed and built for UNFPA, anyone anywhere can access and interact with this information using UN data.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Layout and design ideas for my site. How did the Red Cross system work for Haiti? Nadia Bredthauer | www.propueblo.org. Consult Details: Learn how to do a blog. How can I promote my web-site and reach to more customers that will lead to increase in sales? Group #007 - Miles for Cystic Fibrosis. Susan Stein | [link]. Consult Details: 1.

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Service Atlanta Giving Consultant 57

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Once finalized, we designed a sharp new look and feel, which is live on the site today. Keep your eyes open for the next launch and thanks to the Project HOPE team for their great work in the Haiti Earthquake response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The second round of the contest opened on January 15th and the pre-contest promotion on January 14th on the contest fan page was met with a chorus of "Vote for Haiti." Chase had, in face, already donated to the relief efforts, although the link to the corporate press release was not posted on the Fan Page all until two days later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop. Cassell says, “Our goal is to design a more resilient city. Those with the fewest resources found themselves most vulnerable to the infrastructure failures. Indeed they already are.

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Network Build Sierra Leone Hurricane 111

Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

The future will reward nonprofits that move on to next generation practices designed to optimize the entire giving experience. SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations. High performing nonprofits know the value of using both.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0

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Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . And that was the assumption. We started doing master plans.

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Campaign Video Project Process 91

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Did they designate the gift? Once we have a hypothesis about who you are like, we create an experimental design that will test different communication strategies. Katrina donors didn’t necessarily give to Haiti. M: How can organizations look at categorizing disaster donors when they first “walk in the door”?

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