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APRIL 23, 2023

For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” Thank every donor upon receipt of a gift of any amount with a letter strategically written to appeal to the donor’s heart and mind. ” Don’t exaggerate your organization’s work or the donor’s role.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

With that in mind, here are four online fundraising tactics that every. offerings for Haiti’s earthquake relief - many organizations received a. organizations enforcing a retention strategy were able to keep 15 percent of their new Haiti-related donors the following year. nonprofit should have in place. We found that.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

I don''t think I''ll ever see another event like Haiti from the perspective that I did--that is, boots on the ground within days of the event. Since, 2010, Team Rubicon has been instrumental in over 50 missions ranging from South Sudan and Haiti, to Joplin, Missouri and Hurricane Sandy. Wood : It''s certainly tough.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It will trigger questions in the recipient’s mind like “Do I believe this email is urgent and deserving of my immediate attention?” Want to know the biggest danger in Haiti right now? . For those who aren’t yet in love with your cause, the subject line is absolutely critical. and “Do I want to know what’s inside?”. Pose a question.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

In the donor’s mind, they can’t close the loop on the gift until they receive a receipt. In Haiti, a typical adult has just five years of schooling, and the literacy rate is just 53 percent. For first-time donors, you want to impress upon them that you value their gift and plan to put it to good use right away.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. Disasters" are times when your issue is top of mind. Online giving grew 34.5% of total fundraising now comes from online giving. 88% of nonprofits had at least one online gift of $1,000 or more. of all online giving takes place in October, November and December.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

More teens will grow into proud, capable adults who will build a stronger Haiti!” . If their donation was for a specific appeal or campaign, reference that here to tie everything together in the donor’s mind. More teens will have the support of loving mentors and other teens who share their goals.

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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. Maybe that first step is research. A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Atlantic coast of the United States, a husband and wife in their early 90s, frail of body and mind though resolute (some would say stubborn) of spirit, finally gave in to the pleadings of their family. But her mind is keen and she is making sure she gets estimates in advance.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In response to the 2010 crisis in Haiti , SAP employees contributed US$530,000 for immediate aid, and the company plans to match this over a two-year period. In addition, SAP is supporting Haitians in running social businesses, which combine a social mission with entrepreneurship.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

To my mind, social networking is the most important development in fundraising since the advent of direct mail campaigns and phonathons and holds the promise of transforming organizations by making them more responsive to the needs and interests of the community. But why did so many Americans give so much money to Haitian relief.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 22, 2005

According to a study by the journal, Political Psychology , students who were already "community-minded" were not affected by community service requirements at their school, but students who were more "self-interested" developed a, "willingnes to donate their time to charity as well as a greater political awareness."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

So, Captain Lopez ends up using the crisis-map in real-time to guide her team, and happens to miss the area of worst damage because of any number of real world reasons (inoperative cell towers comes to mind). It takes an extra six hours for the real picture to come through, and that delay has real impact.

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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. In my mind, the possibilities are limitless – smart mail that allows you donate by phone, self-led tours or art exhibits, peer-to-peer donations made by bumping your phones together. Direct Mail.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Each card is a piece of art in my mind. We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded. Connecting personal wisdom to effect positive change is our goal. We must raise $1,000 to keep our classes going for another year.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

For example, they’re seeing the pictures of what’s going on in Japan – it’s on their mind all the time. Katrina donors didn’t necessarily give to Haiti. Getting them in the door is relatively easy but you have to find a way to convert donors with something less emotionally driven.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle. Then she got FedEx to pay to ship the whole thing over to Haiti. We're redesigning the website with two things in mind.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2010

When I was a teenager, it blew my mind when I found out about veganism. CW: We all had a meeting and talked about the different things we had in mind. Update: Last week Ashley and Carolynn had the 2nd East Bay Vegan Bake Sale and raised close to $1,200 for Animal Place and the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2010

Blog | design mind – "Openness is the mega-trend for innovation in the 21st century, and it remains the topic du jour for businesses of all kinds. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Now, another way to approach it is with a, like a partner myLIFEpeaks in Haiti, which I’ll be down there on Sunday to close this project out. Was it purely by chance or did they kind of actively, you know, plant that seed in the potential donors’ minds? We had to make scope cuts to get it back down within that budget.

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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. We should not take this lightly, but rather approach it with "beginners mind" and be open to the student educating the teacher.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. Keep in mind that 92% of giving still comes from offline channels and that 32% of online donors switch to give through offline channels. In 2010, online fundraising in the United States surpassed $22 billion.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The infographic focuses on four initiatives — the response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Charity: Water , Tweet Drive , and Twestival — and breaks down the campaigns’ success (how many people participated, how much money was raised, etc.). It also examines how the nature of donating and volunteering is changing in the age of social media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

They are larger in our minds. It provides much needed difference and rhythm we are attracted to, over the often mind-numbing flat Twitter or Facebook feed. Most noteably it was deployed in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to crowdsource unsafe conditions and aid relief coordination. Our Collective Stories.

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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 ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO. A few learnings: Just Mibli (2)Words : I have been using an icebreaker called “Just Two Words.&#

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

And yes, it may mean that a group in Argentina, that is certainly deserving by our basic standards, may not get a grant this year, so that we can support very worthwhile and important requests from a group that has even less access to resources in Haiti. Those are some of the ways in which we try to make those decisions.

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