Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

In a time of tragedy, it's comforting to see organizations using technology to deepen their ability to help those in need. The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi , two past NetSquared challenge winners, are working hard to help bring relief to people affected by the recent earthquakes in Haiti. The Extraordinaries is a great idea.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As the tragedy lingers on in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the generosity of individuals, organizations, and nations around the world has brought a glimmer of hope for the stricken nation. For more information check out their special Haiti relief page. Tags: Fundraising Grants for Technology Online Fundraising.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Haiti Earthquake and Online Giving. The response to the Haiti earthquake by online and mobile donors has been awe-inspiring. Ongoing Research and Analysis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2012

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) was the 12th conference that I have attended (it had earlier reiterations). Every year it is like attending a family reunion. I have some many friends and colleagues that I only get to see once a year at the NTC. Several individuals in the nonprofit technology community were recognized.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Examples from Haiti. Let’s look at a couple of the main examples from the Haiti earthquake response. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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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. A Crisis Wiki to serve as "yellow pages" for folks supporting the relief efforts in Haiti. After the 7.0-magnitude

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts. magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in January 2010. read more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises. The text message stream doesn't help the decision process.

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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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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. There is at least one good news story emerging around the world about this devastating crisis: technology is changing the playing field.

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VisionLink

APRIL 24, 2015

VisionLink is also proud to be doing our part to improve access to services for vulnerable children and orphans in Haiti, with a new program launching in June. VisionLink’s commitment to drawing attention to community needs both domestically and internationally does not stop with our work in Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Their strategy focuses on technology and partnerships that can accelerate systemic on the ground social change and economic issues. “ Unleashing Technology. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 7, 2014

Naturally, the nonprofit sector is looking at this trend and searching for the most effective way to leverage the power of the new technology to aid fundraising and volunteer recruitment efforts. We’ve all heard about the $30 million dollars the Red Cross raised through mobile in just a few hours in the wake of the Haiti natural disaster.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2010

I feel inspired by the outpouring of support for Haiti we've seen this past week. As we know, you can donate $10 to the Red Cross for Haiti relief by texting “Haiti” to 90999. As we know, you can donate $10 to the Red Cross for Haiti relief by texting “Haiti” to 90999. Often just $10.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 21, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). And then there’s the role that Facebook and Twitter are playing.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 28, 2010

New technology tools help Haiti earthquake relief - NashuaTelegraph.com: "Volunteers have built and refined software for tracking missing people, mapping the disaster area and enabling urgent cell-phone text messaging. Organizations including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

How should nonprofits position themselves in this ever changing world of technology? How important is it for them to understand and keep up with the new trends in technology? To answer these questions and more, we at Smart Online™ used this last quarter of 2010 to try and unravel the ‘Technology Trends for Nonprofits’ in 2011.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Google donated $1,000,000 to Haiti. They also have an extensive list of free or low-cost services for nonprofits and universities through their “Technology-Driven Philanthropy&# campaigns. org to help raise funds for Haiti and to end malaria. They also offer a tech-centric Facebook Fellowship Program for Ph.D. 5) Twitter.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How Tech Is Helping the Haiti Recovery | Fast Company: "Since the 2010 earthquake, not-for-profits and corporations have developed new technologies to better deliver services to Haitians, transforming aid in disaster areas everywhere."

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AFP Blog

JULY 22, 2014

''Using technology to do good'': Disaster Tech Lab - Independent.ie : An Irish NGO has brought emergency communications systems to disaster-stricken countries like Haiti, The Philippines, and Sandy-hit Long Island since setting up in 2010.'

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, cholera spreading into the bateyes posed an imminent threat as most of the workers migrated from Haiti. Much of 2010 was focused on Project Cultivar, which worked in the Dominican Republic sugarcane plantations and its company towns, bateyes.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

Just a reminder that the fees for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference increase after today. We like to talk about the great time you'll have at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , but it is, first and foremost, a place for you to learn the skills you need to help your organization meet its mission. Technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! – Read this great case study from JustGiving about Charlie's bike ride to raise money for Haiti relief support. "Charlie Here are five examples of the citizen philanthropist’s immediate impact."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 28, 2012

Over the last 17 years, Kar and I crossed paths in Haiti, Guatemala, Colombia, and many times at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS. Kar was a forensic anthropologist who specialized in human rights cases, and she was a founders of our Colombian partner organization EQUITAS ).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts. The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi Using Technology to Help in Haiti. Used Laptops Needed for Earthquake Victims in Haiti: You Can Help! Used Laptops Needed for Earthquake Victims in Haiti: You Can Help! Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Oxfam in Haiti – Google Maps – This is a great example of how you can use a tool like Google Maps to tell a story and provide easy access to information – great job Oxfam! "Oxfam "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. The future of the nonprofit sector depends on it."

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TechImpact

JULY 17, 2014

Try instead “end hunger in haiti.” The post Part 2: How To Generate More Nonprofit Website Traffic appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology. Social Tech nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech SEO' Buy less expensive, longer keywords. Make sure you’re keeping your ads consistent.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

What technology is your staff going to need to fulfill their roles? FishHawk Fellowship Church & Welcome Home Haiti – Haiti Mission Trip. This is a screenshot of FishHawk Fellowship Church’s and Welcome Home Haiti’s Haiti Mission Trip campaign page, an example of a faith-based peer-to-peer campaign.].

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. By Wendy Harman, Social Media Director, American Red Cross.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2010

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). Tags: FourSquare Mobile Marketing Mobile Technology. If you are at business venue that supports nonprofits, shout it out!

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

International Game Technology. International Game Technology. Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Register your qualifying organization to receive technology donations. Funding Priority: Education. The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Costco Wholesale.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). Tags: beth kanter haiti net2 Social Media Program.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2010

Over the last week, technology has played an unprecedented role in bringing aid to and saving lives in Haiti. Over $22 million has been raised by the American Red Cross via text message (about a fifth of total Haiti-related giving to the organization so far). Tags: beth kanter haiti net2 Social Media Program.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Technolog - Google tool helps find Christchurch earthquake victims: "The Google Person Finder is a free, simple-to-use tool which was dreamt up after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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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. 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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

The correlation found in Haiti is an example of a "confounding factor". Misunderstanding relationships in data is a problem because it can lead to choosing less effective, more expensive data instead of choosing obvious, more accurate starting points.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

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? “Increasingly, especially with major events like Haiti, carriers waive these fees for the halo effect of social marketing.

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