Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

South by Southwest ( SXSW ) Interactive is a conference, that takes place each Spring in Austin, TX, with over 20,000 web influencers, emerging tech, and creatives. Within 30 minutes, I registered a domain name, launched a fundraising site on CauseVox , and seeded it with key influencers on Twitter to help build momentum.

Raise 176

Raise Japan Interview Disaster 176

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

This represented 77% of the organizations in the sample analysis. As noted in an USA Today article , online "donations for the first five days after the January 12 disaster totaled 19% more than during the same time frame after the 2004 Asian tsunami and 109% higher than the equivalent following Hurricane Katrina in 2005."

Haiti 82

Haiti Trend Online Giving 82

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

This represented 77% of the organizations in the sample analysis. As noted in an USA Today article , online "donations for the first five days after the January 12 disaster totaled 19% more than during the same time frame after the 2004 Asian tsunami and 109% higher than the equivalent following Hurricane Katrina in 2005."

Haiti 68

Haiti Trend Online Giving 68