Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? Qwerty Monsters.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 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?

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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. TELUS , a Canadian phone company donated $100,000 to relief efforts and set up text to donate campaign for their customers.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Since the earthquake in Haiti, we've seen an explosion in interest for all things mobile. While it's unlawful for any landline phone carrier to censor your telephone conversations, T-Mobile argues that the same protections do not extend to mobile phones. The time for mobile is clearly now.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. 1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3] It says that 22.7% is through mobile devices! Why Go Mobile?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Once you've downloaded the app, all this information is accessible regardless of whether you have phone service or internet access during an emergency. J-ResQ allows anyone in a disaster situation to easily record and send a voice message and email from their mobile phone, telling friends and family about their status.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2010

Nonprofits: Time to Get Mobile - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 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.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

2010 Haiti earthquake mobile fundraising: $30+ million. Pew Internet, in their report on " Social Media and Young Adults ", reveals that the number of teen bloggers has plummeted since 2006. Have they discovered Japan's mobile phone novels fad ? A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources.

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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. One was seeing two coeds standing on either side of the road at the Dartmouth Green talking on a cell phone to each other as I walked by.

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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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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Its team had figured out a way for people in a crisis area to send SMS information (text messages) from their cell phones or computers to report an outbreak of catastrophic conditions. These posts have benefited an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They had no internet access and – most distressingly for me – no phone service at all. When they evacuated from their small island, I reminded them to take their cell phones and chargers. In Haiti, for example, which was not even in the storm’s direct path, Sandy wiped out 40% of the autumn crop. They could not cook.

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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. Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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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. Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nonprofits embraced text messaging and text-to-give in the years after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti , but since then, the technology has improved in its efficiency and cost. Ask donors for their phone number , but do not require it on donation forms ( TCPA ). 9) Stay current on online privacy law. 9) Stay current on online privacy law.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder, with her husband, Matthew Flannery, of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to allow everyday philanthropists, like you and me, to loan money to budding entrepreneurs all over the world. It was just amazing to think, what if we left the cell phone here? People connecting."

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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. The proliferation of smart phones and the apps they run means that we are working in the cloud more than we may even realize.

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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. The proliferation of smart phones and the apps they run means that we are working in the cloud more than we may even realize.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti? The iPad will also be a great way to share content with people who have limited access to the internet.

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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. Smartphone users outpaced feature phone users 59 to 46 percent in terms of awareness. Channel of Influence.

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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. This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries.

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