Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Before you ask for a donation, have a clear strategy and a strong voice. 51% of donors in Brazil prefer to give online (credit/debit card), 22% by bank/wire transfer, 13% cash, 9% via PayPal, 3% through direct mail, and 2% via mobile payments. ? 14% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 72% are female, 28% are male.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Wednesday, April 3, Noon to 1 p.m. Join Sam Chenkin, Tech Impact's Product Manager, to learn about cloud computing and disaster recovery basics, and the different types of cloud storage and products designed to help you achieve your nonprofit's disaster recovery goals.

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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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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. TELUS , a Canadian phone company donated $100,000 to relief efforts and set up text to donate campaign for their customers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

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. A first-person voice is best. If you start using QR codes, write a blog post explaining how you will use them.

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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. A first-person voice is best. If you start using QR codes, write a blog post explaining how you will use them.

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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. A first-person voice is best. 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

APRIL 27, 2012

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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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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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The individual sites, which are now live, provide an important opportunity for citizens to have their voice heard on open government. The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. Disaster Response.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

International phone lines were jammed & I couldn’t reach my husband where he was working in France, to let him know I’d flown to LA, and I’d made it. And my Mom says she’ll never forget that her first knowledge of the events of the day came through my voice, whole and well, telling her to turn on the television.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2009

The audience represented a wide range: activists with expertise in using social media and mobile phones, pr agencies, staff members responsible for social media strategy from large nonprofits organizations, social entrepreneurs, and people who were new to the whole idea. Those who participated reflected on their key takeaways.

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