Giving to Haiti via text messaging shattered all kinds of records, and now the Pew Charitable Trust has done a long-term study to uncover who gave and what their other philanthropic habits are. Perhaps encouraging was the outpouring of support from citizens ready to micro-donate to the ‘Text To Haiti’ campaign. Most of those who gave to Haiti, though, have also given, via text messaging, to subsequent disaster-relief campaigns. MORE
25, 2010, an evocative piece called “The Resurrection of the Dead” by Frantz Zephirin , The New Yorker will donate profits from print sales to Partners in Health , a charity based in Boston serving health care needs in Haiti, Malawi, Peru, Rwanda and elsewhere. MORE
Kirsten McIlvenna is the Communications Director for International Child Care (USA), a nonprofit seeking to change the conditions of poverty in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by promoting health and empowerment. Kirsten McIlvenna. MORE
The Knight Foundation released a study, Real Time Charitable Giving , recently on the giving by text spearheaded in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Here are a few great nuggets from the study: Donors to support Haiti were impulse buyers. Uncategorized American Red Cross Haiti Knight Foundation text giving Wendy Harman MORE
And so it has been with Haiti. So what does a charity working in Haiti do? Not as fast as some other massive humanitarian emergencies, but fast. It’s always that way with crises. MORE
The disaster in Haiti is a part of that decline as well as a slower growth of event fundraising. Last month, I highlighted some benchmarks in both social media and email marketing that were released in recent reports so that you could see how your nonprofit stacked up. MORE
In the aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake, cause marketing campaigns sprouted up spontaneously and they worked. Haiti Earthquake Red Campaign Humprey Bogart Christina Aguilera Alfred Hitchcock World Food Programme Keep a Child Alive. MORE
A year ago, Bryan Miller at Giving in a digital world made an online contribution to each of ten UK charities raising money to assist earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Then he sat back and collected the avalanche of mail and online follow-up appeals he received. Let’s say the results were not uniformly impressive! Here is his accounting. He’s done a spectacular job of wading through what appeared on his ‘donor’s doormat’ … here are his conclusions. MORE
I was reading an article a few days ago about an issue campaign that had been canceled and was struck by the sentence, "They blamed the tough economy and people focusing charitable efforts on Haiti for the lack of donations to their effort." It is also true that some donors have had to chose whether to give their recent gifts to "their usual causes" or to the emergency in Haiti. MORE
Mobile giving for Haiti is well over $7 million already. Here are my thoughts on the impact of technology on fundraising and the relief effort in an interview last night on Marketplace. If you haven’t given yet, please do MORE
million in Haiti donations, offers some good observations about the experience. In the case of Haiti, donations peaked within two days of the disaster, then quickly declined. Network for Good, which itself processed $5.3 In their article, each of the following points is examined: Major charities represented, but smaller organizations raised significant funds. More places to give online during a crisis creates big range in average gift size. MORE
The Chronicle of Fundraising is doing an excellent job of monitoring giving response to the Haiti disaster. Over the weekend, Roger and I have been in touch with a variety of players "off the record" with inside perspective on the online fundraising aspects of the Haiti response. " Another savvy practitioner calls the Haiti fundraising experience a "game changer." MORE
Haiti relief played a strong role in growing aggregate online fundraising. The vertical most impacted by the Haiti event was the Disaster & Relief vertical, growing 38% from 2009 to 2010. Independent of the Haiti event, however, Disaster & Relief still grew at a healthy 23% from 2009 to 2010. Email List Building Online Fundraising benchmarks Convio Haiti MORE
One thing I learned about volunteering at nonprofits overseas is that people don't necessarily need what you think they need. MORE
I was intrigued by this story in The New York Times Bits Blog that reports on research recently conducted on donors who used text messages to send gifts to charities after the Haiti earthquake. Online Fundraising Social Media and Mobile Haiti mobile fundraising MORE
Last week I saw a reference to a television (HBO) documentary — Haitian Money Pit — that, among other aspects of political corruption and paralysis, sheds light on the fate of charitable funds raised for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake. MORE
Red Cross’ Communications Innovation in Haiti Disaster Relief Effort — Smart Stuff. How can our orgs communicate effectively in the middle of two huge crises — 1) police brutality and misconduct in Baltimore, spurring active response by community members fighting for their rights and lives; and 2) Nepal’s crushing earthquake, and the millions whose lives will be impacted for years to come? MORE
In 2006, he demanded a $100,000 fee to perform at a Yele Haiti fundraiser designed to raise money for his own hometown. According to Gawker , Wyclef Jean is running a bogus charity where he directly funnels his money from donors to his mistress. MORE
Janis Walton lives in Gonavies, Haiti and is the Director of Special Projects and Liaison to the English Speaking Community for Eben-Ezer Mission Inc. Indigenously established and led, Eben-Ezer was started in 1969 and is one of the top five NGO’s in Haiti. Janis Walton. MORE
And the situation in Haiti requires philanthropy first. A lot of companies have already struck the right chord with philanthropy by donating millions to the Haiti earthquake victims. For Haiti, I think point-of-sale might be perceived as too aggressive and opportunistic. MORE
Dear Friends:By now we've all heard of or seen pictures from the deadly earthquake in the beleaguered country of Haiti.Here's a list of charities operating in Haiti or heading there now with relief. I'll add one more; a small charity that's been in Haiti for more than 10 years and was founded by the friend of a friend. Tags: Haiti Earthquake MORE
We’re departing from our pre-announced “schedule&# today to express our own concern for the people of Haiti … and our gratitude to the millions of people — including, we suspect, our readers — who have responded to this disaster with financial aid. million; American Red Cross, $1 million via its website and another million via its mobile campaign , in which a text to “Haiti&# triggers a $10 contribution. MORE
A year ago this month, along with millions of others world-wide, I donated online in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti. Like the three I’ve been sent by UNICEF: two about Haiti and one other emergency appeal. MORE
Red Cross & Text HAITI 90999 for a $10 contributio (& the cost of your text message) Center for International Disaster Information(CIDI) 14 Resources To Volunteer for Haiti 60+ Charities To Donate For Haiti Explain Haiti To You Children NYT - 5 Ways To Teach About Haiti MORE
Back when the Haiti disaster struck, and $35 million was donated via mobile text, I was castigated by various Agitator readers (including my esteemed colleague Roger Craver), for questioning: " But is this really fundraising? " I hoped we would see creative ways, or at least attempts, to continue engaging this mobile audience who sent $35 million to Haiti." MORE
That’s one of many bits of insight provided by Pew Research’s latest study of mobile giving , which looked in depth at text giving to the Haiti earthquake disaster in early 2010, and compared that to other (prior and subsequent) mobile and online giving. What struck me was that 76% of the Haiti text givers said their text contributions are “usually a spur-of-the-moment decision”, whereas 45% say that about their online contributions. MORE
Storytelling & Communications Director , Haiti Partners (Location Flexible). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. MORE
Branding and Messages communications network crisis communication disaster fundraising haiti Japanese earthquake nonprofit communication nonprofit marketing planning reliefWhat is the place of nonprofit communications in the wake of disaster, particularly when this most recent crisis of epic proportions—the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan—is rightly dominating our minds and conversations, as well as the media? MORE
The place where I work recently had a Haiti benefit. Tags: Capplause cause marketing cause-related marketing credit union haiti pinup I just had to share this. Last week I got an e-mail out of the blue from Dan Rosenfield. MORE
There have been many stories around the world of generosity shown in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Tags: Online fundraising Sponsored events Bryan Miller Charlie Simpson Haiti Earthquake justgiving UNICEF MORE
Looks like the big cell phone carriers will be waiving their fees for the Haiti texts. It's unclear what those fees actually are. Is it the fee for the text or a fee for processing the transaction or both? link]. MORE
There have been many stories around the world of generosity shown in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Tags: Online fundraising Sponsored events Bryan Miller Charlie Simpson Haiti Earthquake justgiving UNICEF MORE
social media appeal earthquake easy fundraising Haiti how can I use sms for my cause how to set up text message fundraising job Marketing mGive programming red cross SEO SMS text text message web 2.0 $37 Million given in January 2010. Incredible. Unbelievable. MORE
I've read, here and there, about The Smoking Gun 's January 14, 2010 post (including a 1/15 update on the post) which poses a series of questions about the spending pattern of Ye'le Haiti the charitable foundation started by Wyclef Jean , a native Haitian and former member of hip hop group, The Fugees. He has since continued fundraising for his foundation so it may provide its programs for the people of Haiti. Tags: donors fundraising Haiti earthquake MORE
Tags: Causerants cause marketing cause-related marketing causeshift haiti MORE
In response to questions I’ve been receiving, here are a few groups that are providing immediate crisis help to people devastated by the latest tragedy in Haiti. My thanks to Liza Sabater, and Andy Carvin and his colleagues at NPR: YELÉ Haiti or donate $5 by texting YELE to 501501 From their donation page: Yele Haiti is [.]. Tags: Social Media Direct Relief International Doctors without Borders Oxfam America Yele Haiti MORE
She wrote this before the Haiti disaster, so I’m sure the results have grown since then. And thanks for your hard work for Haiti. I’ll confess it right here: I love a good makeover show. My daughters and I are avid fans of What Not to Wear. MORE
My wonderfully provacative blogger friend Eric Foley says we should stop looking at Haiti as a diversion from our own missions, and I could not agree more. Read his whole post today, and especially note this good advice: So if you are a nonprofit and you suspect your donations are down due to the Haiti disaster, what should you do? Don’t–just don’t–write your donors and draw comparisons between the disaster in Haiti and the disaster your cause addresses. MORE
We saw similar efforts after the Haiti Earthquake in January 2010. Haiti Earthquake Infiniti Instant-On Cause Marketing Matching Donations Japan Earthquake and TsunamiThe horrendous 2011 T?hoku hoku earthquake struck Japan at 2:46 pm local time on Friday, March 11, 2011. MORE
Before digging into American Red Cross' stellar communications on the Haitian earthquake relief effort, I urge you to contribute to help the people of Haiti. At the moment of, I wanted to tip my hat to the American Red Cross for its immediate and creative communications strategy on the situation in Haiti and fundraising for relief efforts (through its International Response Fund ). The Red Cross outlines its preparation in surrounding countries for entering Haiti today. MORE
It can’t come to soon for those in Haiti, but cause marketers… including some from smaller entities… are using the power of cause marketing to support relief efforts in the earthquake battered country.What follows is a representative few. MORE
What’s the proper way to remember man-made disasters like 9/11 or natural disasters like the earthquakes in Turkey, China, or Japan, or the hurricane in Haiti, or the tsunami in Asia, all of which have taken place since 9/11? Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. MORE
Red Cross’ Communications Innovation in Haiti Disaster Relief Effort — Smart Stuff. MORE
Haiti Related Topics Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 13, 2010
Dear Friends:By now we've all heard of or seen pictures from the deadly earthquake in the beleaguered country of Haiti.Here's a list of charities operating in Haiti or heading there now with relief. I'll add one more; a small charity that's been in Haiti for more than 10 years and was founded by the friend of a friend. Tags: Haiti Earthquake
The Agitator
JANUARY 30, 2011
A year ago, Bryan Miller at Giving in a digital world made an online contribution to each of ten UK charities raising money to assist earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Then he sat back and collected the avalanche of mail and online follow-up appeals he received. Let’s say the results were not uniformly impressive! Here is his accounting. He’s done a spectacular job of wading through what appeared on his ‘donor’s doormat’ … here are his conclusions.
A. Fine Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The Knight Foundation released a study, Real Time Charitable Giving , recently on the giving by text spearheaded in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Here are a few great nuggets from the study: Donors to support Haiti were impulse buyers. Uncategorized American Red Cross Haiti Knight Foundation text giving Wendy Harman
Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 26, 2010
It can’t come to soon for those in Haiti, but cause marketers… including some from smaller entities… are using the power of cause marketing to support relief efforts in the earthquake battered country.What follows is a representative few.
Giving in a Digital World
JANUARY 27, 2011
A year ago this month, along with millions of others world-wide, I donated online in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti. Like the three I’ve been sent by UNICEF: two about Haiti and one other emergency appeal.
Cause Related Marketing
MARCH 23, 2011
We saw similar efforts after the Haiti Earthquake in January 2010. Haiti Earthquake Infiniti Instant-On Cause Marketing Matching Donations Japan Earthquake and TsunamiThe horrendous 2011 T?hoku hoku earthquake struck Japan at 2:46 pm local time on Friday, March 11, 2011.
A. Fine Blog
JANUARY 14, 2010
In response to questions I’ve been receiving, here are a few groups that are providing immediate crisis help to people devastated by the latest tragedy in Haiti. My thanks to Liza Sabater, and Andy Carvin and his colleagues at NPR: YELÉ Haiti or donate $5 by texting YELE to 501501 From their donation page: Yele Haiti is [.]. Tags: Social Media Direct Relief International Doctors without Borders Oxfam America Yele Haiti
Getting Attention
MARCH 24, 2011
Branding and Messages communications network crisis communication disaster fundraising haiti Japanese earthquake nonprofit communication nonprofit marketing planning reliefWhat is the place of nonprofit communications in the wake of disaster, particularly when this most recent crisis of epic proportions—the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters in Japan—is rightly dominating our minds and conversations, as well as the media?
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 13, 2010
In 2006, he demanded a $100,000 fee to perform at a Yele Haiti fundraiser designed to raise money for his own hometown. According to Gawker , Wyclef Jean is running a bogus charity where he directly funnels his money from donors to his mistress.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
social media appeal earthquake easy fundraising Haiti how can I use sms for my cause how to set up text message fundraising job Marketing mGive programming red cross SEO SMS text text message web 2.0 $37 Million given in January 2010. Incredible. Unbelievable.
Blue Sky Collaborative
JANUARY 15, 2010
Looks like the big cell phone carriers will be waiving their fees for the Haiti texts. It's unclear what those fees actually are. Is it the fee for the text or a fee for processing the transaction or both? link].
Cause Related Marketing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
What’s the proper way to remember man-made disasters like 9/11 or natural disasters like the earthquakes in Turkey, China, or Japan, or the hurricane in Haiti, or the tsunami in Asia, all of which have taken place since 9/11? Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Nonprofit Consultant Blog
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
I was reading an article a few days ago about an issue campaign that had been canceled and was struck by the sentence, "They blamed the tough economy and people focusing charitable efforts on Haiti for the lack of donations to their effort." It is also true that some donors have had to chose whether to give their recent gifts to "their usual causes" or to the emergency in Haiti.
The Agitator
APRIL 29, 2010
Back when the Haiti disaster struck, and $35 million was donated via mobile text, I was castigated by various Agitator readers (including my esteemed colleague Roger Craver), for questioning: " But is this really fundraising? " I hoped we would see creative ways, or at least attempts, to continue engaging this mobile audience who sent $35 million to Haiti."
Cause Related Marketing
MARCH 8, 2011
25, 2010, an evocative piece called “The Resurrection of the Dead” by Frantz Zephirin , The New Yorker will donate profits from print sales to Partners in Health , a charity based in Boston serving health care needs in Haiti, Malawi, Peru, Rwanda and elsewhere.
Cause Related Marketing
JANUARY 19, 2011
In the aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake, cause marketing campaigns sprouted up spontaneously and they worked. Haiti Earthquake Red Campaign Humprey Bogart Christina Aguilera Alfred Hitchcock World Food Programme Keep a Child Alive.
The Agitator
MARCH 11, 2010
million in Haiti donations, offers some good observations about the experience. In the case of Haiti, donations peaked within two days of the disaster, then quickly declined. Network for Good, which itself processed $5.3 In their article, each of the following points is examined: Major charities represented, but smaller organizations raised significant funds. More places to give online during a crisis creates big range in average gift size.
The Agitator
JANUARY 17, 2010
The Chronicle of Fundraising is doing an excellent job of monitoring giving response to the Haiti disaster. Over the weekend, Roger and I have been in touch with a variety of players "off the record" with inside perspective on the online fundraising aspects of the Haiti response. " Another savvy practitioner calls the Haiti fundraising experience a "game changer."
Getting Attention
JANUARY 13, 2010
Before digging into American Red Cross' stellar communications on the Haitian earthquake relief effort, I urge you to contribute to help the people of Haiti. At the moment of, I wanted to tip my hat to the American Red Cross for its immediate and creative communications strategy on the situation in Haiti and fundraising for relief efforts (through its International Response Fund ). The Red Cross outlines its preparation in surrounding countries for entering Haiti today.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2016
Janis Walton lives in Gonavies, Haiti and is the Director of Special Projects and Liaison to the English Speaking Community for Eben-Ezer Mission Inc. Indigenously established and led, Eben-Ezer was started in 1969 and is one of the top five NGO’s in Haiti. Janis Walton.
Diva Marketing Blog
JANUARY 17, 2010
Red Cross & Text HAITI 90999 for a $10 contributio (& the cost of your text message) Center for International Disaster Information(CIDI) 14 Resources To Volunteer for Haiti 60+ Charities To Donate For Haiti Explain Haiti To You Children NYT - 5 Ways To Teach About Haiti
The Agitator
JANUARY 14, 2010
We’re departing from our pre-announced “schedule&# today to express our own concern for the people of Haiti … and our gratitude to the millions of people — including, we suspect, our readers — who have responded to this disaster with financial aid. million; American Red Cross, $1 million via its website and another million via its mobile campaign , in which a text to “Haiti&# triggers a $10 contribution.
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 20, 2010
And the situation in Haiti requires philanthropy first. A lot of companies have already struck the right chord with philanthropy by donating millions to the Haiti earthquake victims. For Haiti, I think point-of-sale might be perceived as too aggressive and opportunistic.
Selfish Giving
JUNE 1, 2010
The place where I work recently had a Haiti benefit. Tags: Capplause cause marketing cause-related marketing credit union haiti pinup I just had to share this. Last week I got an e-mail out of the blue from Dan Rosenfield.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
JANUARY 15, 2010
Mobile giving for Haiti is well over $7 million already. Here are my thoughts on the impact of technology on fundraising and the relief effort in an interview last night on Marketplace. If you haven’t given yet, please do
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
FEBRUARY 1, 2010
My wonderfully provacative blogger friend Eric Foley says we should stop looking at Haiti as a diversion from our own missions, and I could not agree more. Read his whole post today, and especially note this good advice: So if you are a nonprofit and you suspect your donations are down due to the Haiti disaster, what should you do? Don’t–just don’t–write your donors and draw comparisons between the disaster in Haiti and the disaster your cause addresses.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
JANUARY 26, 2010
And so it has been with Haiti. So what does a charity working in Haiti do? Not as fast as some other massive humanitarian emergencies, but fast. It’s always that way with crises.
DonorDigital
JULY 12, 2011
Haiti relief played a strong role in growing aggregate online fundraising. The vertical most impacted by the Haiti event was the Disaster & Relief vertical, growing 38% from 2009 to 2010. Independent of the Haiti event, however, Disaster & Relief still grew at a healthy 23% from 2009 to 2010. Email List Building Online Fundraising benchmarks Convio Haiti
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 16, 2012
The disaster in Haiti is a part of that decline as well as a slower growth of event fundraising. Last month, I highlighted some benchmarks in both social media and email marketing that were released in recent reports so that you could see how your nonprofit stacked up.
Seeking Grant Money Today
JANUARY 31, 2010
I've read, here and there, about The Smoking Gun 's January 14, 2010 post (including a 1/15 update on the post) which poses a series of questions about the spending pattern of Ye'le Haiti the charitable foundation started by Wyclef Jean , a native Haitian and former member of hip hop group, The Fugees. He has since continued fundraising for his foundation so it may provide its programs for the people of Haiti. Tags: donors fundraising Haiti earthquake
Getting Attention
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Storytelling & Communications Director , Haiti Partners (Location Flexible). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities.
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 27, 2010
Tags: Causerants cause marketing cause-related marketing causeshift haiti
Getting Attention
APRIL 29, 2015
Red Cross’ Communications Innovation in Haiti Disaster Relief Effort — Smart Stuff. How can our orgs communicate effectively in the middle of two huge crises — 1) police brutality and misconduct in Baltimore, spurring active response by community members fighting for their rights and lives; and 2) Nepal’s crushing earthquake, and the millions whose lives will be impacted for years to come?
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 9, 2010
There have been many stories around the world of generosity shown in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Tags: Online fundraising Sponsored events Bryan Miller Charlie Simpson Haiti Earthquake justgiving UNICEF
Giving in a Digital World
MARCH 9, 2010
There have been many stories around the world of generosity shown in response to the terrible earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Tags: Online fundraising Sponsored events Bryan Miller Charlie Simpson Haiti Earthquake justgiving UNICEF
The Agitator
JANUARY 16, 2012
That’s one of many bits of insight provided by Pew Research’s latest study of mobile giving , which looked in depth at text giving to the Haiti earthquake disaster in early 2010, and compared that to other (prior and subsequent) mobile and online giving. What struck me was that 76% of the Haiti text givers said their text contributions are “usually a spur-of-the-moment decision”, whereas 45% say that about their online contributions.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MAY 14, 2010
One thing I learned about volunteering at nonprofits overseas is that people don't necessarily need what you think they need.
Fundraising 123
JANUARY 26, 2011
She wrote this before the Haiti disaster, so I’m sure the results have grown since then. And thanks for your hard work for Haiti. I’ll confess it right here: I love a good makeover show. My daughters and I are avid fans of What Not to Wear.
The Agitator
APRIL 27, 2015
Last week I saw a reference to a television (HBO) documentary — Haitian Money Pit — that, among other aspects of political corruption and paralysis, sheds light on the fate of charitable funds raised for Haiti in the aftermath of its 2010 earthquake.
Getting Attention
JANUARY 20, 2011
Red Cross’ Communications Innovation in Haiti Disaster Relief Effort — Smart Stuff.
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