Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

This edition of the App It Up project "Cool App Roundup" highlights different ways apps can be used in disaster, crisis, and emergency situations. Preparing for Disaster. The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The internet is not new. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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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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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 20, 2010

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Haiti Impact Charity Fundraising 52

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 It’s hard to even know even what types exist, let alone what might work for you.

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Haiti Web Bookmarking Case Study 114

sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online. All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts.

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Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. It is also worth noting that online giving spikes during disasters or extraordinary circumstances. In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7 How do you know all this stuff?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Haiti-related giving had a big impact on online giving trends. Check out The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Middle and Major Donors by Convio, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research for more information on how to connect with big dollar donors online. Also, enlarge your definition of the term - disaster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Ed Granger-Happ shows off his office server in a carry on bag that disaster relief workers can use to set up IT support in the field.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Nancy Schwartz has a great post on How to Communicate in the Shadow of a Disaster. In other words, how do you keep telling your story when the world is focused on Haiti? Tags: General Fundraising Website/Internet nonprofit fundraising resources. Katya Andreson has a great post showing a website makeover. Check it out at [link].

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

The American Red Cross , who made mobile fundraising history after the Haiti earthquake is doing a terrific job in getting the word out about their texting to donate campaign to help with relief efforts. By Roberto Maxwell. American Red Cross Text to Donate. TEXT REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. Crisis Commons.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. 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? 83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Haiti-related giving shaped 2010 trends January 2010 had the largest percentage of online giving for the entire year. This change can almost single handedly be attributed to giving to Haiti relief efforts. The International Affairs and Health Care sectors now have more than 10% of their total fundraising from online giving.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 84

AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2010

35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you skip that, your mobile tactics won’t yield much impact or learning. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Maybe that first step is research. A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones?

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

This increase is especially noteworthy considering the substantial giving to Haiti in the prior year period.” This decrease continues a trend from January and is attributable to the large amount of Haiti relief giving in 2010. million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The negative trend continues to show the impact of Haiti giving in 2010 compared to 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue decreased by 10.6% for the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

Organizations investing in staff writers during the Haiti crisis : In the past, news organizations have usually sent writers, photographers, and videographers to areas hardest hit by natural disasters. Some groups that sent staff writers to document the Haiti Crisis include: International Medical Corps. Concern Worldwide.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

" Ushahidi has since supported critical information gathering to provide a picture of human needs for many natural disasters, political violence, and human rights violations. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

As people adopt technology and broadband and wireless access becomes commonplace, nonprofits are buoyed by the ability to use the Internet and technology to communicate quickly and effectively. 63% of online consumers planned to use the Internet to donate to charity in the last quarter of 2009, up from 51% in 2008.1.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

Tags: Blackbaud Index , Fundraising , Online Giving Similiar Articles Blackbaud Index for September 2010 Blackbaud Index for October 2010 Blackbaud Index for March 2011 Blackbaud Index for February 2011 Disaster Giving and The Blackbaud Index blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: What’s Different One Year After Haiti?

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 63

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. Of the organizations receiving gifts for Haiti, 59% passed the donation along to another organization and 41% funded their own relief efforts.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I could point to the Haiti disaster as the tipping point in cell phones -- for the increased engagement with donors, and more importantly, for the contributions of information from survivors. For most of the world, the Internet is the cell phone. There are so many of you who know more about this world-in-your-hand than I do.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. CrisisCamps are independent, disbursed, volunteer efforts to develop lightweight technology solutions to help with disaster relief.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

Tags: Online Giving , Privacy & Security Similiar Articles PCI Compliance Webinar Support Disaster Relief in Haiti Blackbaud NetCommunity 6.15 – Release Preview 5 Myths about Online Giving Blackbaud NetCommunity v5.5

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Online Blackbaud Nonprofit Test 65

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And somewhere on the internet this information is quietly collecting. Daum Communication , a leading internet services provider in Korea offers a map service with a streetview option, much like Google Maps does in the States. In the ancient times, pharaohs had scribes that shadowed them, recording what they said.

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Storytelling Story Mobile North Korea 87

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti. I also learned more about crowdmap , a hosted version of the Ushahidi code – in other words you don’t have to install it on your own web server. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011.

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