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What we can learn from the Haitian Earthquake

NCE Social Media

While popular in Europe for some time, texting donations has finally broken through as a promising fundraising tool here. What steps do you need to take to make sure your agency is prepared for a natural disaster like this. Tags: Facebook Marketing and Awareness Tools communications crisis earthquake wyclef yele.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

Europe’s highest court in a ruling against Google has decided that search engines should allow online users to be “forgotten” after a certain time by erasing links to web pages unless there are particular reasons not to erase that information. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Earlier this month the U.S.

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is so much data coming in at a fast past, with 4,000 tweets per day – a number that skyrockets during a disaster. They also tag and analyze responses. Disaster work. We identified several great examples of nonprofit using social media data for decision-making, mostly to support communications strategy.

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TechSoup Global Condolences for People of Poland, After Tragedy

Tech Soup

Our incredible staff there have worked with corporate partners, trusted foundations, and key government agences in Poland and throughout Europe to expand the reach and benefits of technology for NGOs and social sectors. The news of this disaster is unbelievable. Tags: International News.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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The Social Sector Cloud

NTEN

CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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Online Giving Trends from 2009 and the Haiti Earthquake

NTEN

As noted in an USA Today article , online "donations for the first five days after the January 12 disaster totaled 19% more than during the same time frame after the 2004 Asian tsunami and 109% higher than the equivalent following Hurricane Katrina in 2005." That is typically the heaviest period of the entire year.

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