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. How can we do that?

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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. Visual storytelling through images and videos from the field helps make the crisis tangible and show donors their dollars at work. This builds a connection.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event.

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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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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Share Stories, Photos, and Videos from Events. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event.

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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. Make your call-to-action stick out.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

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. We've already covered Windows Phones and Windows 8 tablets along with Android phones and tablets.

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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. You should be regularly photographing and recording videos at important events that your nonprofit hosts. A day or two after the event, write up a brief blog post summarizing the event, with a Flickr slide show or YouTube video recapping the event.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. This is a stock photo. The video alone brought us to tears. We’re a donor database. That’s what Bloomerang is. Visit our website.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

The more detail you include in your fundraising plan template, the easier fundraising will be throughout the year because you’ll always know what to do next with no more guessing or DIY disasters. This includes rent/facility costs, payroll, admin, fundraising, phones, and any other expenses you need to keep the organization’s doors open.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

The Product : These headsets work with almost all office phones (VoIP and PBX). Almost any file type — Word documents, PDFs, images, and even video — can be uploaded to Huddle’s workspaces. Plus: you can download free and low-cost apps from the Windows Phone Marketplace.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Communicating your nonprofit’s message through video on Facebook will maximize your reach more than any other form of content and help you reach the people that are passionate about your cause. We now live in a video-first world, in large part due to Mark Zuckerberg. And as such, most of them are watching their videos with sound-off.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

They also made great use of social media and using video to share impact statements from other supporters. Not only does video content get the most reach on social media, but allowing potential supporters to hear from current real-life supporters can make all the difference in securing that donation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Updates made by phones to twitter, are searched more easily than before -. Carie Lewis, Humane Society of the US Carie's poem is about the Humane Society's experiments with photo contests and how to use metrics to improve your social media strategy. Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. general disaster-interested public. .

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

For example, say someone wanted to find information on how to donate blood following a natural disaster. That’s an organization that has been active for almost 150 years, and in that time they have become one of the world’s foremost authorities on natural disaster response and blood donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

In one day, more than 20 students from 6 universities and five AIDS organizations hit the streets with only cellphone video cameras to produce 8 short video messages to encourage youth to be tested for HIV. Objective : Provide lifesaving assistance during the natural disasters that occurred in China and Myanmar.

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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. Use social media, including Facebook and Instagram Live, email marketing with video, and individual Asks to ensure the biggest reach and a successful campaign. A rainmaker Board member rolled off.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

We see this a lot after natural disasters when hundreds of thousands of people need aid. If you have photos or videos of Mr. Fuddles and his human that’s even better! Send videos and make phone calls. If you run a training program for seeing-eye dogs, focus on one dog and his human. Calculating your Core Number.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Cloud backup will evolve into cloud disaster recovery: smart organizations will make sure they can recover apps & data in the cloud greatly reducing down time when disaster strikes. Photos and videos need to be added to communications. Our information we send out will be viewed on phones more and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

What started as an ad hoc group of volunteers is growing into an impressive organization building out a platform that can be deployed for different purposes, from election monitoring to disaster relief. (Even in unintended and surprising ways ). Jessica Colaco who is the manager poses for a photo.

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