Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. Why Phone Recycling Matters. In the world of electronics recycling, mobile phones are a problem. One popular method of getting people to turn in their old phones has been to recycle them for charity.

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Qgiv

JUNE 28, 2022

No nonprofit is immune to disasters. Whether it be a fire, a natural disaster, a supply shortage, or another unforeseen circumstance, it’s important that nonprofits be able to respond quickly to continue providing the services they offer. What is an emergency fundraiser? How do you prepare for an emergency fundraiser?

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s pedaling past the clipboard-bound donation forms, past the checkbooks, even past the online fundraising landscape. We’re talking about text-to-give – a magic wand that has the potential to transform your fundraising game. Your donors are already on their phones, browsing, texting, and connecting.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Since we provide personalized training to all our campaign fundraisers, we develop a personal relationship with all of them. Mobile: 70% of our traffic comes from mobile. Charities need to adopt mobile-first solutions to collect online donations. 78% donate in response to natural disasters. ?

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

While some stay, others change the way we use computers and mobiles devices every day. Mobile Donations. With close to 70% of cell phone users using their mobile device to access the internet, raising money through mobile donations is an area that is expected to only grow. Mobile web design.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In the first part of this mobile fundraising series , we covered the basics, diving into the various forms of mobile fundraising and key terms that every mobile fundraiser should know. How do various types of organizations make use of mobile giving? Mobile fundraising can be used to: #1.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters As nonprofit professionals, we are all too familiar with the cycle of emergency fundraising. Follow up the letter with a phone call re-making the monthly ask and addressing any questions. This builds a connection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff? Over the past few months I’ve been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

But more than likely you’re a smart phone user. However, it’s not just our daily lives that are being influenced by mobile. Mobile devices are now influencing our sector in a major way. Don’t miss opportunities because your giving options are not mobile-friendly. We have to be mobile-friendly philanthropists.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Last week we took a look at how easy it is to give to organizations like the American Red Cross during a natural disaster. With mobile giving on the incline, New Directions released a report depicting the growing trend toward nonprofits' adoption of mobile giving. And only generated $90 in 6 months. [We]

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. Tie in a strategic fundraising ask: Take advantage of a high-impact moment of engagement (e.g., HEALTH & DISASTER RESPONSE.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Videos have to be formatted to stand out on mobile. Over 80% of Facebook’s users are checking out the app on mobile. 16:9 ratios require that the viewer tilts their phone and watches it in a non-vertical orientation. ShelterBox USA had a very busy year, due to the sheer number of natural disasters that struck in 2017.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. 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?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

What would you like the world to know about NGOs and fundraising in Brazil? “Abrace o Brasil” is an online fundraising campaign in partnership with Brazil Foundation that gathers 100+ Brazilian nonprofits to crowdfund at the same time. 4% create online peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns to benefit organizations. ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. But will the dramatic text fundraising that we saw the Red Cross experience translate to every non-profit that wants to add it to their tool bag?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. Thankfully for members of #OWS, there are various tools to livestream events, just from your mobile phone. Online Homebase. One key element is the use of an online homebase.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Mobile fundraising empowers people to give on the go! Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. Ready to learn more?

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2010

Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Mobile phone ownership is reaching a critical mass worldwide. Taking this into consideration, it is not surprising that mobile giving has proven to be a highly effective form of fundraising. Advantages to Mobile Giving Campaigns. But what makes mobile giving so quick and painless? Is mobile giving secure?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

We took care of it.&# The Red Cross managed to turn a PR disaster into a fundraising opportunity. Thinking quickly, they did disaster recovery on the rogue Tweet. The mistake turned into a fundraiser also attracted a lot of attention and traffic to their site according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2010

When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, our impulse is to help in some way. For a more details about the SMS fundraising results, see this this detailed report on the SMS fundraising campaign from MobileActive and yesterday's article in the New York Times from Stephanie Strom. Tweet from kateatyrownrisk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2015

On Saturday morning, I got a news alert on my mobile phone that there had been a devastating 7.9 The next thing I noticed in my Facebook feed was a post from Robert Scoble mentioning a new Facebook feature that lets you check on friends in a disaster. Please donate to help Nepal’s Earthquake Victims now.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

One of the biggest trends in mobile giving right now is gamification: the integration of game dynamics, like points, badges, or levels, into a fundraising or social good campaign. Mobile Apps. Walk2Help tracks the distance you've walked using the built-in GPS on your phone and converts it into points.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

The American Red Cross , who made mobile fundraising history after the Haiti earthquake is doing a terrific job in getting the word out about their texting to donate campaign to help with relief efforts. Web visitors can also start their own personal fundraising page on the site. By Roberto Maxwell.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. 2) Mobile technology. Mobile (and Open) Creates Future Opportunity. Alan Cooke, Convio. 3) Technology that equalizes the playing field for all nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Fox emphasizes the importance of online fundraising noting that 15% of charity donations last year were made online. Webb writes that technology can help people take immediate action in a cause, such as post-disaster notification apps. " Mobile is the future. Technology can help charities save money and time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It’s also a good idea that every time you launch a new social media or mobile technology community or campaign, you write a brief blog post and list specific ways in which supporters can participate. Highlight Special Donors, Fundraisers, and Volunteers. If you start using QR codes, write a blog post explaining how you will use them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

Via a press release from Michael Stein Mobile phones have enormous potential in electoral, voter. individuals using mobile phones for activism and civic engagement. mobiles in civil society, targets nonprofit and non-governmental organizations. Mobile phones have become a powerful emerging tool for.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The reason why The Fog is emerging is because of the amount of data overwhelming our 3G and 4G mobile networks. The nonprofit then fundraises for the project in cooperation with TechBridge. It hooks up to a phone, tablet or computer so the information can be messaged to a hospital. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

Lately, more and more of my conversations with nonprofit fundraisers have turned to mobile technologies and how non-profits should be leveraging mobile to further their missions. As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Direct Mail.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. But with disaster related giving, you should specify that you want your donation only used to respond to this particular crisis. And some are just helping to fundraise for other nonprofits.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Jacobwith will show you five powerful and simple “must do’s” to cut through year-end fundraising noise, help increase your Giving Tuesday success, and increase donor retention. We are here to talk about Five “Must Dos” for Year-End Fundraising Success. Yes, it is year-end fundraising season. Lori: I think we should.

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