White Papers — SocialFish

White Papers — SocialFish: "Social Media, Risk, and Policies for Associations, is now available for download. Risk management expert, Leslie White co-authored this great resource. SocialFish and Croydon Consulting shared the cost of producing this whitepaper so you can download it for free."

NorthJersey.com: Texting donations brings in millions for Haiti

NorthJersey.com: Texting donations brings in millions for Haiti: "Michael Nilsen, senior director of public affairs for the Association of Professional Fundraisers in Arlington, Va., compared the sudden jump in text fund raising to the way online giving broke into the public consciousness following the 9/11 attacks.

“One of the effects of an event like this is that the way people give jumps forward,” Nilsen said. “People are getting acclimated to a new technology.”"

City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Haiti Earthquake update: Red Cross family finder website up

City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Haiti Earthquake update: Red Cross family finder website up: "A Haiti Earthquake update. The American and Haitian Red Cross, and the International Committee of the Red Cross has announced a new website to allow loved ones to work to find their lost family members in Haiti, in the wake of the 7.0 Earthquake.

The site is called FamilyLinks and is intended to 'accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members', according to its front page."

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Online Community Responds Swiftly to Haiti Suffering

onPhilanthropy: Articles: Online Community Responds Swiftly to Haiti Suffering: "Online Community Responds Swiftly to Haiti Suffering
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
By: Susan Carey Dempsey

There is little good news out of Haiti today, as it continues to assess the damage and begin to help the survivors of the 7.0 earthquake that struck the impoverished nation yesterday. In an effort to learn how donors can quickly respond to the vast and growing need, onPhilanthropy reached out to a number of organizations who have been working on the ground in Haiti for years."

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti - Philanthropy.com

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti - Philanthropy.com: "Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti

By Caroline Preston

People interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti yesterday are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new technologies. At the same time, that instant communication has provided a platform for donors to ask charities tough questions about where to give and how their money will be used."

The New Media Relations for Nonprofits - How Nonprofits Can Get Their Stories Out Through Bloggers and Twitter

Joanne Fritz covers New Media Relations
The New Media Relations for Nonprofits - How Nonprofits Can Get Their Stories Out Through Bloggers and Twitter: "Media relations in the world of Web 2.0 have changed dramatically.

While it is still important to keep in touch with the so-called 'main stream media,' especially your local reporters, that is no longer sufficient."

Leveraging Data Analytics | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog

Leveraging Data Analytics | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog: "Many fundraising and nonprofit organizations in the recession appropriately feel pressure to spend their dollars on direct service delivery to those in need and severely limit investments in knowledge and capacity building let alone data analytics. However, non-profit organizations who are high performing forward thinkers recognize that even in these difficult times, it is critical to invest in data analytics in order to know your customers (both donors and service recipients) better. This post is dedicated to exploring a few ways that nonprofits might learn from Google’s successful business model undergirded by data-driven decision making."