Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

She shared some insights about the Red Cross’s social media work leading up to Haiti. She made great points about what they had in place the day before the earthquake in Haiti struck: Robust listening program where staff skims and responds. Over 1,000 mentions a day. They had social content.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

For example, in post-earthquake Haiti, Dd trained and empowered local women to track and document incidents of gender-based violence. " "Traditionally marginalized groups like indigenous populations or the grassroots women in Haiti, when they are just telling their own stories, often they are not listened to.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2010

numbers coming out of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, you gain a renewed appreciation for the power of nonprofit technology -- and it's not just the big organizations that are using it. I mean, just look at some of the sessions in the Communications track: 25. Humanitarian and Emergency Response and Recovery Efforts in Haiti.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Facebook set up a Global Disaster Relief page , with the intention that it "serve as a collaborative resource for individuals, non-profits, governments and industry to raise awareness for those in need around the world".

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2010

Micro-volunteers have completed over 300,000 tasks such as tagging photos from Haiti to help find missing people. Furthermore, it can track multiple search terms, so if people aren't tweeting the hashtag that you prefer and they've started using a different hashtag or a regular phrase, you can collect all of these into the same TweetNotes.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 14, 2020

Using Strava fitness integration , participants tracked real-time progress across an interactive map of Haiti. The charity formally known as JP HRO (now CORE ) created the virtual challenge, The Long Run ,for 40 participants, many of whom had, previously run the New York Marathon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

and especially since the dramatic success of the Red Cross Haiti text fundraising. And, of course, you want to track with analytics what tactics work or not, and improve over time. I'm seeing more and more nonprofits add iPhone apps (or other mobile apps) to their marketing mix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. By re-editing footage they already had to include new material from Haiti, AJWS saved tens of thousands of dollars while still getting a relevant and powerful video asset. If you see conversions increase along with play-through rates, great.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Mouse pointer track. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog. 2009 total mobile fundraising: $4 million. Materials are available online , with a side of awesome. 86% of nonprofits characterize their messages as difficult to remember.

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AFP Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Since then, the open source platform has been deployed 12,000 times across the globe, from earthquakes in Haiti, New Zealand and Australia to the tsunami in Japan this year.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. These posts have benefited an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. Tracking storms. These devices got their start in the military and continue to be on the cutting edge of weaponry and surveillance. What Are Drones, Anyway? Search and rescue.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consult Details: Selecting the right database software or host-site to keep track of our constituents; mine that database of information for maximum return from investors; use better on-line fund-raising techniques. How to manage and track fundraising responses How to survey why a potential donor declined to give. Susan Stein | [link].

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

We can take spontaneous action wherever and whenever we want to do so." • The 2010 Haiti earthquake brought mobile giving into public consciousness, citing strong percentages of people who have given via mobile who say they now prefer giving that way…but there are few mobile channels that allow and inspire us to give. •

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2015

Direct Relief made the list for "mapping and data collection [that] allowed the group to track the spread of the disease and identify where help was needed." Perhaps Direct Relief is using drones , or using predictive analysis, or allocating resources in newfound ways that I am not aware of?

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. monitor election results in Mexico and India. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. Check out the same area we saw above using the Map Kibera map.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop. It doesn’t seem to matter that his short-term memory is going or that there are days when he loses track of where he is. Those with the fewest resources found themselves most vulnerable to the infrastructure failures.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. There was one database of projects, one set of guidelines for project management and shared progress-tracking system across boundaries, time zones, and domains of expertise. CrisisCamps are one example of how cloud computing lets us reimagine a problem and thus develop new solutions.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In less than two years, a simple website created to track election violence in Nairobi is now being used to: monitor crime-related data in Atlanta, GA. monitor election results in Mexico and India. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. Check out the same area we saw above using the Map Kibera map.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. SMS text-to-give in the United States experienced a major spike following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 but has never achieved inflated expectations. of total fundraising revenue. As a point of comparison, the U.S. of total sales. Did you get the memo?

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. We did use EveryAction to create a custom page where we could track donations specifically for Guatemala.

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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. So then we start creating a tracking mechanism where we’re managing the board members out there making the asks for everything. That’s one way to approach it. . He works there.

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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. It was an orphanage that was really in dire need of things.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Local literacy program supporting students in Haiti raises record-breaking funds, moves 24 students off waiting list. 5K will raise money for school’s outdoor classroom and track . Bicycle program readies for holidays, will repair and give away 150 bikes. Food pantry partners with local pet rescue to open pet food pantry.

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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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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

We empower young adults to overcome poverty and build a brighter future for Haiti. Both a vision and mission statement are important for making sure your organization stays on track. We feed the hungry today while building a healthy, hunger-free tomorrow. We unite our community to nourish our neighbors in need.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Many of them track us automatically: Nike Plus tracks my run, Mint.com tracks my finances and spending patterns, and TripIt neatly organizes my travel plans. Most noteably it was deployed in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to crowdsource unsafe conditions and aid relief coordination. Our Stories.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

Project Hope Art engages its supporters to raise funds to help children affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti. The organization gauges what's working on their blog by tracking feedback, volunteer numbers, attendance at events, and inquiries for collaboration from potential sponsors and partners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

model (Target, Write, Engage, Excel, Track) ( [link] ) for excelling on Twitter, didn’t I? Fireside International ([link] a non-profit media company in Haiti, needed English language learning materials for a new school they were building. Heck I did create the pathetically obvious T.W.E.E.T And now I’m going to do it again.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

When the earthquake struck in Haiti in. You can keep track. Though Crowdrise has a. slightly more expensive transaction fee than other fundraising sites, it boasts unique perks like the points system that's designed to incentivize donors to continue giving. mGive is an SMS donation system that allows donors to contribute via text.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2010

What arose out of that conversation was an opportunity to study the last year's worth of performance by combining their Facebook page Insights data and their Google Analytics data into a single data set that we could track from Facebook post all the way through to conversion. Our goal was to answer the following questions: 1.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

I still hadn’t been able to talk to my husband, but my mother-in-law had gotten word to him that we were headed East on I-10, and he was able to track my progress via our online, real-time credit card statement. Suddenly, it was odd to see a single update that wasn’t related to Haiti. No satellite radio yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008 and has been used for many other projects, including tracking disaster relief efforts in Haiti. More recently, the London Tube used it to track disruptions from the Tube strike.

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