Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Not to be confused with Text-to-Give campaigns (Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross), text alert campaigns are when individuals opt-in to be alerted of breaking news or calls to action via text message. Text alerts can also be used to drive traffic to an organization’s mobile website and to ask people to Text-to Give.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2010

My mobile phone’s GPS has also changed getting me to the right place mostly on time. Of all the communication technology the mobile phone is probably as disruptive as any. The most recent development with mobile technology is that of a giving platform. Technology has changed all that. But I digress.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. Donations via text messages , tweeting real-time updates , mapping need and resources : all examples of stories that captured our sector's attention and got people talking about mobile. The time for mobile is clearly now.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

For example, “ Your gift is the difference between life and death for the children of Haiti.” ” Or: “We know that dogs that are nervous and miserable in a shelter setting usually thrive in foster homes, growing into happy pets that can be adopted into loving, permanent homes.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Some of the key trends supporting rapid adoption of technology by nonprofits are: 1) Online lifestyle, behavior and giving of consumers and donors leading to success. 2) Mobile technology. Nonprofits, Donors and Consumers Adopting Online Lifestyle. Mobile (and Open) Creates Future Opportunity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

This was particularly true in Maria Bello’s story about her work in Haiti with creating a women’s network called We Advance. There were many examples of how social, mobile, and other new digital technologies are being used to scale good bridge digital divides. The audience got a performance by J.D.

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Big goals in addition to iterating on the products and getting them adopted widely: By 2016, they will solidify their business strategy, aggregate a mentorship program of 100,000 students around the world, and plant a million trees. Among people ages 12-29, 50% say they primarily access online with mobile devices. . In the U.S.,

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AFP Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

massnonprofit.org ::: "Mobile-Based Fundraising Grows after Haiti EarthquakeMarch 8, 2010 — Mobile philanthropy, while not universally accepted, is gaining traction with younger generations and the text-to-gift efforts around Haiti could be the tipping point for greater adoption, according to a new study."

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. Mobile is the new normal.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. spanhidden.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This portal was also launched at the onset of the Haiti earthquake and utilized by relief organizations.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

By Nam-ho Park, Director, Mobile Service, Forum One. With the arrival of smartphones, it’s amazing how much data we are collecting and consuming on our mobile devices. Now we have our mobile devices diligently collecting our data. Now I can just say I’m Mobile Me , to borrow a term Apple has abandoned. Our Stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

It's true that businesses have gone mobile, but that's because the rest of the world has too. The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the U.S. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Tis the Season Is mobile fundraising the next frontier? Social Media Nedra Weinreich's tip jar , tipped me off to newly published study from Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson from U Mass Dartmouth about nonprofit adoption of social media tools. Net Tuesdays are spreading around the globe! Zonbu has announced a laptop version.

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