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. More than 85% of US internet users watched online video in July, and on average they spent more than 14 hours doing it. Holy smokes!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Some interesting nonprofit fundraising resources from around the web. In other words, how do you keep telling your story when the world is focused on Haiti? In other words, how do you keep telling your story when the world is focused on Haiti? Tags: General Fundraising Website/Internet nonprofit fundraising resources.

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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. Web visitors can also start their own personal fundraising page on the site. By Roberto Maxwell. American Red Cross Text to Donate.

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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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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. Provide resources for people to tell stories more effectively: digital cameras, video cameras, audio records, and a solid blogging platform or web site. Concern Worldwide.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. These methods are: Text message donations Text to voice donations Text message warmers Mobile Web site donations App sales In-app sales Sponsored apps. Mobile Web site donations. Ben Rigby, The Extraordinaires. This, you expected.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. You can subscribe on the front page of our new web site. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

We had the privilege of having four panelists who each told a story demonstrating how the social web had empowered communities around social causes. The social web has provided a plethora of ways for people to interact and share information. Proceeds from the event were donated to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] 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] It says that 22.7% is through mobile devices!

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

As people adopt technology and broadband and wireless access becomes commonplace, nonprofits are buoyed by the ability to use the Internet and technology to communicate quickly and effectively. 63% of online consumers planned to use the Internet to donate to charity in the last quarter of 2009, up from 51% in 2008.1.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. The Red Cross has a simple shelter search web app , accessible via any web browser. about The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi being used in response to the Haiti earthquake.

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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. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have access), advances in software innovation and powerful applications, and the maturation of the internet providing a gateway for "cloud" computing where data and applications sit and run over the web.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. Look at Web Traffic. Start by scrutinizing your web traffic. How many people visit your organization’s website each month?

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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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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " The internet: is it changing the way we think? Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of August 16th). A new study by Journalism.org has examined the source of those stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

BB: I think I heard about the bake sale on Twitter, so that gives me the impression that you used a lot of social web tools to get the word out. AR: Right from the start with Fat Bottom Bakery, and then later on the East Bay Vegan Bake Sale, we decided that the Internet was going to be a great tool and asset for us.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. We’re used to hearing nothing but bad news from Haiti since it was hit by a succession of catastrophic events since 2010. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user.

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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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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2011

Steve MacLaughlin , Blackbaud’s director of Internet solutions, will discuss key technology trends impacting nonprofits, the role of social media in online fundraising, the emerging channel of mobile giving, and the importance of building a multi-channel strategy.

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. For most of the world, the Internet is the cell phone. There are so many of you who know more about this world-in-your-hand than I do.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And somewhere on the internet this information is quietly collecting. I keep on telling my story of how I moved between the East and West, between physical environments (architecture, urban design) and virtual (web and mobile development and strategy), between technology and the humanities. This is so true. Our Collective Stories.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder, with her husband, Matthew Flannery, of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to allow everyday philanthropists, like you and me, to loan money to budding entrepreneurs all over the world. You can watch a 16-minute documentary about Kiva on the FRONTLINE World web site. People connecting."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti. I also learned more about crowdmap , a hosted version of the Ushahidi code – in other words you don’t have to install it on your own web server. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011.

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