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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” Text message donations. Text to voice donations. This, you expected. The Red Cross received 4.1

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This valuable piece of online real estate is where the donor goes to take action and give your organization money. Let’s take a look at what makes a successful, powerful fundraising landing page so you can make sure yours are working for you to bring in the most donations possible. Getting the donation form just right is tricky.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

TechSoup is united with the world in wishing a quick recovery to the people of Haiti after last week's devastating earthquake (and continuing aftershocks). I am a volunteer board member of Haiti Soleil. The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. In less than a week, nonprofits using Convio systems have raised over $100 million through email appeals, websites and social media outreach and many other organizations are raising record amounts. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief. You can text SANDY to 80888 to make a $10 donation to be evenly distributed among the American Red Cross, AmeriCares, and the Salvation Army.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 4, 2010

It plays Habitat's name, Haiti relief, and pure greed -- it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. An organization like Habitat wouldn't look for employees by sending mass emails to "undisclosed recipients." We are an organization with a remarkable heritage. Fundraising (at least in the U.S.)

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

My mobile phone’s GPS has also changed getting me to the right place mostly on time. Of all the communication technology the mobile phone is probably as disruptive as any. million people used their cell phone to donate. 77 percent of respondents were aware of the Haiti text-to-donate efforts.

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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. They don’t necessarily think they need an organization in order to make an impact. Impacts to Society.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2010

Add their address, phone and Twitter ID (search their website and Google to see what their Twitter ID is). For example, yesterday I checked-in to Lowe’s who is donating $1 million to Haiti relief (forgot to mention they are donating the funds to the Red Cross). Make sure you spell out the name of the nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. One of the big additions to the guide is a section on backing up a mobile phone or tablet. Apps by TechSoup Donation Partners.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. Check out their “Donate Now&# page on their mobile website. World Wildlife Fund :: Subscribe.

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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? Qwerty Monsters.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

Frogloop compiled a list of resources of nonprofits, companies, and do-gooders who are using their tech-savvy and organizing skills to raise money and help locate missing people. American Red Cross Text to Donate. TEXT REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. 100% of the donation goes to the American Red Cross. Crisis Commons.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Most nonprofits don’t do traditional marketing/branding to sell a product but to gain financial donations or recruit volunteers.”. The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti. Understanding the need for the speaker to cancel, event organizers acted quickly.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

In some ways, the impact of the recent earthquake in Chile wasn't as immediately obvious as that of the earthquake in Haiti. After their hugely successful text messaging campaign for Haiti , the Red Cross has set up a similar campaign for Chile: simply text "CHILE" to 90999 to make a ten-dollar donation. From CDI: read more.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Mobile phone ownership is reaching a critical mass worldwide. Most people bring their phones with them everywhere , making it easy to tap into the potential impulse nature of giving. Also, a credit card is not needed to make the donation as payments are billed directly through the cell phone carrier. What Works?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

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. Drilling deeper, 60 percent of respondents aged 18-34 were aware of mobile giving, and 12 percent had made a text-to-give donation.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

In the nonprofit realm, the Red Cross' text message donation platform offers the best real-life illustration to the power of SMS. When following the January 2010 earthquake that struck Haiti, the Red Cross quickly mobilized a text donation campaign that raised an astounding $32 million.

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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. Allison Fine makes another good point: " It seems to me that relationship building with a first engagement being a cell phone number is going to be inherently difficult." .

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] Now imagine if you had a simple mobile rendering that will allow them to easily view your web pages on their mobile phones. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1]

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4 When you remove the estimated $122 million in corporate pledges from that number, more than half of all funds raised came online through those organizations.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2021

Most nonprofits don’t do traditional marketing/branding to sell a product but to gain financial donations or recruit volunteers.”. The speaker—who came from a nonprofit advertising firm—canceled a few days before the event after an earthquake hit Haiti. Understanding the need for the speaker to cancel, event organizers acted quickly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First, organic reach is at an all-time low and the value and effectiveness of social media advertising is questionable : Facebook: 2.9 billion monthly active users – organic reach is estimated to be 4%. billion monthly active users – organic reach is estimated to be 6%. Donation Pages. Instagram: 1.4

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Mobile applications have also begun to surface to empower peer-to-peer fundraisers to check their progress and send appeals straight from their phone. Take that, Marty McFly! Peer-to-peer Fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. We are 20 years into this online giving adventure and there is still a tremendous amount of up-side for nonprofit organizations. Sadly, that is not the case. Mobile is the New Normal.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Many organizations have been using mobile technology successfully for years, but I believe 2010 will stand above the rest for nonprofits jumping on board and maximizing the potential of text messaging campaigns. That being said, mobile technologies aren’t the cure-all to an organization’s financial woes.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2010

Many organizations have been using mobile technology successfully for years, but I believe 2010 will stand above the rest for nonprofits jumping on board and maximizing the potential of text messaging campaigns. That being said, mobile technologies aren’t the cure-all to an organization’s financial woes.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Sure, he raised over $20 million for Haiti and an impressive array of non-profit organizations including American Red Cross , Oxfam America , Salvation Army , Habitat for Humanity , International Rescue Committee , and the United Nations Foundation used his services. Just give me a form and I swear, I’ll donate more.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. The organization is working to build a digital public map of the Kibera community for the residents and organizations working there.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. Many organizations cannot just flip a switch. Once an organization has assumed this way of being, then comes the doing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

Working primarily as a Facebook app, Causes automatically publishes any user’s interaction on their friends’ newsfeed, spreading awareness with each "like," "share," donation, or petition signature, or if they’ve joined the cause. management system, making outreach to your supporters organized and.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

We spent $1,200 to send out 500 pieces of mail in our direct mail campaign and we netted $4,500 in donations. We spent $50,000 to host our annual fundraiser and we received $200,000 in donations. phone call) over the years? Global Citizen Year ( [link] ), another organization featured in my book, is another. Understood.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. The organization gave away free buttons, sunglasses, and bags to customers who opted in to its SMS program. In the U.S. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

This innovative platform presents new opportunities and challenges for organizations. Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti? New Platform = New Opportunities.

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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. Back then, he took comfort when he saw a small charge at a RadioShack in Phoenix, and rightly guessed we’d stopped to pick up cell-phone chargers.

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