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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors.

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How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. When people call in, your customer service rep has to answer the phone and deal with the person's question. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. Microsoft's Windows Azure and Disaster Response.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

" 6 questions to prepare you for a social media crisis – "In social media, the disasters people talk about most are fundamentally crises of public relations. ." In the weeks that have followed, Ichi’s e-mail provoked a series of responses from all over the world.

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Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you’ve fundraised online before, ask yourself a few questions to get a baseline of what is achievable. After you think through these questions, create a well defined goal that follows the SMART framework : specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. How much have we raised online in the past year?

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. 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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Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index

sgEngage

Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Online giving in response to Haiti was higher than all previous disasters and demonstrates that the Internet is a first response channel of choice for donors.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Making Philanthropy a Lifestyle, 365.

ASU Lodestar Center

For example, I think it's important to donate to Japan and Haiti and other places that have suffered from natural disasters. Oh, and Travis, text REDCROSS to 90999 to easily donate $10 to help Japan. :) April 7, 2011 9:06 AM Anonymoussaid. How to Start a Nonprofit Organization: Questions t. It's a problem.