Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 7, 2019
person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. The bot replies to frequently asked questions about the organization’s emergency response programs such as applying to receive help as well as volunteering and donating to support specific programs.
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. This included SXSW organizers, the Red Cross, Hurricane Party, the Hanson Brothers, and many more to promote the campaign. What you will change the next time?
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Bloomerang
JUNE 14, 2021
“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 31, 2008
Photo by Christine As you know by now, Hurricane Gustav looks even more destructive than Katrina (see this round up from Lisa Stone, BlogHer , of the news reports and links). tab also answers the following questions asap: CNN Coverage of Gustav. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee. The widget's resources. Gustav Wiki.
NTEN
OCTOBER 13, 2010
In the midst of inexplicable tragedy, my personal definition of the social web got rocked. The American Red Cross is mentioned more than 1,000 times per day on the social web. " Macon Phillips, special assistant to the President and director of new media for the White House, was a volunteer during Hurricane Katrina.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 1, 2015
Carrie came to ALS from the Red Cross, so she brought all her crisis and disaster communications management skills and knowledge to the Ice Bucket Challenge as the campaign went viral and the donations came flooding in. “It felt like when I managed communications at the Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina.”
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