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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

. —– I’ve recently shared a couple interviews exploring two case studies of really successful online fundraising campaigns: SXSW4Japan Raises Over $120,000 and $100,000 in Three Days with #TeamAutism. Then, why do we keep thinking celebrities are so important to raising money? Both of them involved celebrities.

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11NTC Preview: Technology in Times of Disaster: The Important Role of Social media in Disaster Response and Awareness

NTEN

In the aftermath of that quake, as well as flooding in Pakistan, fires in Israel, flooding in South and Central America, and countless other incidents, technology played a critical and often-life-saving role, and remains at the center of the ongoing advocacy and long-term rebuilding work in Haiti.

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Network for Good Study of Disaster Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It looked at why donors give online, how donors give online, their giving behaviors and implications for nonprofits seeking to raise money online. The issue of whether to raise money via their blogs was also discussed during the Blogher Community Assistance Panel. This study is based on analysis of $24.5

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As extreme weather events worsen, 7Analytics meshes AI and big data to predict flooding

TechCrunch

and Europe , to Africa , Australia , and Asia, where India and Pakistan have been hit by some of their worst floods in recent memory. By pretty much all accounts, such climate change-driven disasters are only going to get worse. Elsewhere, Australia’s FloodMapp recently raised $8.5 ” Startups to the rescue?

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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

As disaster relief organizations scramble to understand the situation on the ground, desperate needs for emergency food, shelter, and medical care go unmet. Instead, what if technology could prevent some of the destruction and improve aid delivery after a disaster? What if it didn't have to be that way? Mobile technology solutions.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been used in disaster relief, for example, in Pakistan , and other scenarios from London Tube strike to election monitoring to mapping crime incidents Atlanta. (2) Impact measures not only looking at the total amount raised, but also the adoption of new online social fundraising tools which was a key objective.

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