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7 Ways for Nonprofits to Use Mobile Phones to Rake in Cash Monies

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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.” Did a fantastic fund-raising opportunity pass you by? This, you expected. The Red Cross received 4.1

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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

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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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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. At the time of the Haiti earthquake, very few people in the country were using Twitter, but it was enough to get news of needs out to the world. For others it was not so clear.

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Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile

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83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis?

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Latest Resources to Help Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

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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. Their goal is to raise $10K over the next three days. By Roberto Maxwell. American Red Cross Text to Donate. Crisis Commons.

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Technology Trends for Nonprofits in 2011

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of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. 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] 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3] It says that 22.7% is through mobile devices! Why Go Mobile?

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

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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. Smartphone users outpaced feature phone users 59 to 46 percent in terms of awareness. Channel of Influence.