NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The median online gift amount for online donations of at least $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Haiti Earthquake and Online Giving. This was up from $2,500 in 2008.

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2010

The images and stories coming out of Haiti are disturbing, upsetting, and unbelievably heartbreaking. Micro-volunteerism is allowing all of us to "tag" photos of people and help identify missing persons. Tags: Influence Collaboration Social Media. Photo courtesy of the Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising by Michael Hoffman. In 2010 much of their focus was on responding to the earthquake in Haiti. By re-editing footage they already had to include new material from Haiti, AJWS saved tens of thousands of dollars while still getting a relevant and powerful video asset.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

I want to provide some updated findings for the entire year, as well as discuss the importance of online donations to support the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The median online gift amount for online donations of at least $1,000 was $3,500 in 2009. Haiti Earthquake and Online Giving. This was up from $2,500 in 2008.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

As the tragedy lingers on in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the generosity of individuals, organizations, and nations around the world has brought a glimmer of hope for the stricken nation. For organizations deluged with donations over this last while, this could mean more aid going to those on the ground.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2010

Americans have donated $8.5 million to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund through text messaging alone since the earthquake. And even more money has been raised through text messaging for other relief efforts, including Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. Tags: Fundraising.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

In the wake of the huge number of donations given to Haiti earthquake relief via text mesage, MobileActive has published Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide. Tags: TechSoup. The guide is available for free at [link]. The guide is available for free at [link].

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Donations via text message for Haiti relief efforts have surpassed $37 million , more than quadruple the amount when we posted about SMS donations originally. There are also lots more organizations accepting donations via text messaging through mGive , who set up the SMS donation platform.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? The earthquake occurred at 4:53pm EST and the epicenter was 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ten charities raised 75% of all those donations.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 4, 2010

It plays Habitat's name, Haiti relief, and pure greed -- it claims you can earn big tax-free commissions as a fundraiser. This is demonstrated in our role as a corporate sponsor for the HAITI RELIEF PROGRAM with money raised going towards helping displaced and disabled children and their families. Tags: Phishing Spam.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

" » Your Mobile Giving by State – Wendy Harman at the American Red Cross has posted a map and data about the funds donated via texting "Haiti" to 90999 to support the victims in the Haiti earthquake crisis. Submissions close January 22, 2010."

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NCE Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

With the recent Haitian earthquake, texting donations has garnered new media focus. While popular in Europe for some time, texting donations has finally broken through as a promising fundraising tool here. The Red Cross has collected more than $22 million in donations via text messages in one week. How would you communicate?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2010

Many nonprofits, including several of TechSoup's member organizations, are working hard to bring aid to earthquake victims in Haiti. Fortunately, several of TechSoup's donation partners have stepped up and either promised funds or otherwise directed aid toward relief efforts in Haiti. Microsoft has committed $1.25

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day. When friends donate to the Birthday Cause , they are able to write a message that appears on my Facebook Wall.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

TechSoup is united with the world in wishing a quick recovery to the people of Haiti after last week's devastating earthquake (and continuing aftershocks). I am a volunteer board member of Haiti Soleil. The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

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? The carriers are allowing individuals to donate $10 up to three times, and 100% of the donations will reach the Red Cross Foundation.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

After all, our goal is getting people to come to our website to take some sort of action for us, preferably a donation. In our one attempt at soliciting action through social media, we'd tried getting our Facebook fans to donate through Causes, with next-to-no success. Picked up 1,300 new followers on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2010

Given the visible success of the Haiti text to give campaigns, SMS is bound to become one of the tools in the an organization's fundraising bag if it isn't already. Tweet the “text to donate” campaign. Share some personal stories by people who have been impacted by their donations. . Tags: fundraising2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

There were 44 followers that used the #floodofsupport hash tag or linked to the Crowdrise page or blog post. The hash tag spread fairly well in the first couple of days, after which it dropped significantly. Even after I created an incentive to use the hash tag (a ¢5 donation for each mention), it did not pick back up.

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Classy

JUNE 16, 2021

They do so while also highlighting some figures on what different donation amounts allow the nonprofit to do, such as “$50 helps fill 39 hungry stomachs in your community.”. The example below from Hope for Haiti shows how to highlight these tips in a digestible way. Storytelling Examples. Download the Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

We embed the product donation with a connection to the community and capacity building.&#. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. Horin also said that other partners in the TechSoup Global network responded to requests for donations and assistance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Tags: mobile. Or be bailout for our nonprofit. When will we see a Network for Good for text fundraising campaigns?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. These methods are: Text message donations Text to voice donations Text message warmers Mobile Web site donations App sales In-app sales Sponsored apps. Text message donations. Text to voice donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2010

There has been an explosion in size of nonprofit sector over last twenty years, huge increases in donations and number of organizations, and yet needle hasn’t moved on any serious social issue. I offered to connect the community supporting my work with your efforts in Haiti. or institution to solve them. Our topic is rethinking [.].

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2010

They've also noted over $6 million of online donations since the launch of their blog last May. Charity: Water has an ambitious goal of providing 100 million people with clean drinking water in the developing world over the next ten years, with a hefty price tag of $2 billion. "It's part of our DNA," they tell me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

Just yesterday I read a tweet that called the #nonprofit twitter tag a “cavernous echo chamber.” There’s a happy side to these kids and this is what we try to focus on with Yele Haiti.” Tags: guest blogging. Now don’t get me wrong, I love you people. To be truthful, I’d rather hang out with you than just about anybody.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

In some ways, the impact of the recent earthquake in Chile wasn't as immediately obvious as that of the earthquake in Haiti. After their hugely successful text messaging campaign for Haiti , the Red Cross has set up a similar campaign for Chile: simply text "CHILE" to 90999 to make a ten-dollar donation. From CDI: read more.

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Care2

JUNE 15, 2010

Micro-volunteers have completed over 300,000 tasks such as tagging photos from Haiti to help find missing people. Have a favorite cause, organization, or interest?

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In the wake of the huge number of donations given to Haiti earthquake relief via text mesage, MobileActive has published Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide. Tags: Online Fundraising Online Fundraising. The guide is available for free at [link]. The guide is available for free at [link].

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 14, 2010

Tags: NPHaitiEarthquake. At the same time, that instant.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4 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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Care2

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

One of the best examples Fritz sites is a comparison of the average donation made during the 2004 Tsunami ($208) and the recent Haiti earthquake ($109). Because a big chunk of donations were raised via mobile which only allows between $5 and $10 donations. Tags: Mobile Online Fundraising Social Networking.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Supporters can easily donate, rsvp to events, and take action, right then and there! We’ve all heard about ‘Text-to-Give’: an example of a mobile offering, run by the American Red Cross during the Haiti crisis, and how they raised a whopping $30 million through this in less than a month. Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

36% of charities reported an increase in donations in the first nine months of 2010, compared with only 23% in the same period of 2009. Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. sectional studies.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 20, 2011

Don’t use a blank gift amount on your donation forms. Nonprofits can set a minimum donation level provided they are not differentiating credit cards from other forms of payments provided. Nonprofits can set a minimum donation level provided they are not differentiating credit cards from other forms of payments provided.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Proceeds from the event were donated to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. It was also a frank reminder that principles from the real world still apply online. Overall, it was a very inspiring event on how social media can further social causes.

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