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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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

In the face of humanitarian crises or natural disasters, the generosity of individuals often shines through, leading to a significant influx of donations. Include impact stories and photos showing how their support made a difference. Follow up the letter with a phone call re-making the monthly ask and addressing any questions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Have you checked out TechSoup's new Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit ? We've updated and expanded our downloadable book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery , and hosted two webinars on disaster planning. Photo: Random McRandomhead , CC license.

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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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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode.

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

million mobile devices were activated on Christmas day according to research firm Flurry Analytics. If you are one of the people who received a phone or tablet for the holidays, now is the time to start coming up with a mobile backup plan. Fortunately, backing up your contacts, photos, and apps is easier than ever.

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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. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. 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. 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

JANUARY 20, 2010

When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, our impulse is to help in some way. People work on projects based on their skills and interests to create technological tools and resources for responders to use in mitigating disasters and crises around the world. Tweet from kateatyrownrisk. It uses their new researcher tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Flickr Photo by Su Lin. Disaster giving is not a zero-sum game. Giving to disasters does not take away from other nonprofit causes. Disaster giving has provided some temporary relief to the situation. There must be more focus on using multiple channels, including direct marketing, phone, online, social, and mobile.

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NTEN

MARCH 11, 2011

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Just a few short years ago, technology in disaster response was a different animal all together.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. 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. If you start using QR codes, write a blog post explaining how you will use them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

Here are some ways to give: Charity Navigator compiled a list of vetted charities that are helping with relief efforts and allow donors to designate their donations specifically for this disaster. MicroMappers , a "microtasking" service, asks users to identify tweets and photos that show earthquake damage. TechSoup Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Photo by OxMour. The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. It may not make sense for your nonprofit to get mobile . Tags: mobile. Maybe I'm jaded. It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. 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. If you start using QR codes, write a blog post explaining how you will use them.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

The Product : These headsets work with almost all office phones (VoIP and PBX). The Product : Access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices. Plus: you can download free and low-cost apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Refuge Restrooms is a web application and a mobile app (Android and iOS) that crowdsources and maps locations of gender-neutral and trans-safe bathrooms. Built over a weekend with a friend, Statement is a simple app that allows a person to type what he or she wants to say into her or his phone and show another person the text in a large font.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Mobile Platform Battle Royale. Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. However, to localize it, Stephanie incorporated Pakistani imagery, including a photo of Arfa Karim, the youngest female Microsoft ‘expert’ in Pakistan, to represent fly. There is also an self-assessment exercise.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

During Facebook’s Q4 2016 earnings call, Zuckerberg himself said that he sees video “ as a mega trend on the same order as mobile.” Did you know that Facebook is viewed mostly on mobile? 90% of Facebook users are accessing the platform on their mobile devices. Mobile-friendly videos for social media.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

Learning to use text fundraising now will help your organization pivot and raise emergency funds quickly in the event of a natural disaster, global pandemic, or other crisis situation. Give Your Donors Options With Mobile Fundraising . That gives you more ways to reach your goals! Integrate Text Fundraising Throughout Your Program .

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

you'll hear case studies of social media disasters and how they could have been prevented, as well as how brands have dealt with potential PR nightmares. Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Twitterstorm, anyone? Carie Lewis. Will new "online" groups drive their predecessors to extinction? Sl’ack-Ti-vism.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. This is a stock photo. George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made. And I love this story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Courtesy of Alexandra Rampy, publisher of SocialButterfly Mobile. Rather than go on, instead, I want to give some examples and highlight the cool factor of how mobile can add some out-of-the-box type thinking to an overall health and/or social marketing-related initiative. Cool Factor : Mobile as a research tool. Wide Reaching.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 31, 2022

A major event like a war or a natural disaster can pull support away from many organizations, as people give to unsettling, immediate needs. This strategy works great when you have a specific need that donors can understand, such as a vehicle for a mobile food delivery program. A rainmaker Board member rolled off.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The convergence of mobile, social, data, and wearable technologies means a lot of data about our preferences will be generated and that means we will have a more customized experience. Their terms include channels like text, Twitter and other mobile oriented channels. Cloud & Mobile. Lucy Bernholz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

Photo by Becky J McCray At SXSW, I participated in the " Social Media for Social Good BBQ " co-hosted by Jeff Pulver and Porter Novelli. A recent example is the Humane Society's Spa Day Photo Contest which raised over $600,000. More than 700 people RSVPed to the event, far more than the capacity of Stubbs BBQ.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. Mobile Computing. billion mobile apps were downloaded across 20 countries. During the last week of December, 1.76

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