Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. Earlier this week, I introduced a series of blog posts discussing the Good News Story in Haiti. One of the most compelling examples are the Crisis Camps that the community of developers and web geeks are leading around the world.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The ideas and best practices generated in 2007 and beyond got their sternest test to date in the aftermath of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010. read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

The Value-add of Crowdsourcing: For me, the two biggest reasons to include crowdsourcing in your strategic design of community building or contests are: Crowdsourcing invites diversity by encouraging anyone with an idea or interest to participate. Public voting process. Public’s favorites put to expert judges for final selection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Web Producer. Click to see larger version. Internet Director.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Also, there is secondary data to review and your web site analytics. Maybe that first step is research. Qwerty Monsters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

We also know that the distance separating the web and television is narrowing. Your website is becoming a channel and the web is already a hybrid mix of media where video plays a dominant role. You might think of Facebook as an important social network, but it is now also the third most popular video site on the web.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2010

I remember when they first came up with the idea to offer an Iphone and web app that allows you to micro-volunteer on-demand and on-the-spot. Micro-volunteers have completed over 300,000 tasks such as tagging photos from Haiti to help find missing people. which organizes volunteers to help build playgrounds.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

It takes time to cultivate through staff, donors, and beneficiaries, and it takes additional effort to organize, adapt, and publish to the web. Have everyone buy into the idea that storytelling matters! Also, everyone on their staff is a regular contributor to their web site. Concern Worldwide. International Rescue Committee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. In addition, I created Web banners for those bloggers to use. I would have preferred to go straight to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s Web site, but after checking in, I decided it would cost them too much in administrative fees and human resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

The second round of the contest opened on January 15th and the pre-contest promotion on January 14th on the contest fan page was met with a chorus of "Vote for Haiti." Chase had, in face, already donated to the relief efforts, although the link to the corporate press release was not posted on the Fan Page all until two days later.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

How can I promote my web-site and reach to more customers that will lead to increase in sales? Layout and design ideas for my site. The best way to solicit via web page 3. How did the Red Cross system work for Haiti? Nadia Bredthauer | www.propueblo.org. Consult Details: Learn how to do a blog. Susan Stein | [link].

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Tags: cloud computing Collaboration Infrastructure lucy bernholz Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Program.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 25, 2010

As an advocacy buff, I've been particularly impressed with the action alerts and online petitions related to Haiti. TweetAtCongress provides an API that Web developers can use to look up legislators on Twitter (and yes, you can use it anywhere, not just on a Convio-powered site).

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

For example, while the iPad features a full-featured browser, it's more than just a web browser you tote with you. 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?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they’re okay.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

Freecycle Network is a website, Freecycle.org, but may be better said, it's a web community. Britt Bravo: Where did the idea for the Freecycle Network come from? So, bang, the idea was born. Then she got FedEx to pay to ship the whole thing over to Haiti. They really know Web 2.0 I'll call it Freecycle."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

People have a particular idea of what something is going to taste like if it's vegan. We get to think of the ideas for the recipes. We had the idea of having an animal-based charity and a human charity, and having both represented at each bake sale. At almost every event someone will come up and be like, "I just ate that.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. International Affairs is the only sector that didn’t experience positive growth in 2011, due to the tremendous amount of online giving in 2010 in response to the Haiti earthquake.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

Tags: Big Ideas , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , NTEN , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

You can watch a 16-minute documentary about Kiva on the FRONTLINE World web site. In the very, very beginning, Matt and I had this idea like, "How neat would it be if we had individual, real people on our web site with their needs, and the amount of funding that they need? We find entrepreneurs through our partner MFIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Papilia Online Tax Receipts enables nonprofits to provide donors with a secure web page that allows them to view their giving history and print personalized tax receipts. CrowdFunder is another web site that lets you set up a page and collect donations for a personal fundraising effort or nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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