Comments on: Lessons from Haiti: Mobile Giving in 2010

By: Haiti: Lessons in racialized language | the good life | by Trina Isakson

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:10:04 +0000

[...] Lessons from Haiti: Mobile Giving in 2010 (Know Your Own Bone) Tags: criminalization, Haiti, interpersonal communication, language, NMBA, racialization « Previous Post Next Post » 4 Responses to Haiti: Lessons in racialized language [...]

By: Follow Friday: What Has Haiti Shown Us About Nonprofits? « Entry Level Living

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:41:13 +0000

[...] through SMS/Text Messaging. Colleen Dilenschneider (@cdilly), a nonprofit employee and blogger, notes that this trend offers a viable option to be incorporated into fundraising plans because mobile giving makes it easy for people to donate, is a more fun and engaging way to give, [...]

By: Elizabeth Sheppard

Elizabeth Sheppard — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:19:06 +0000

I think you are doing a really good thing by publishing this post. I hope it will inspire others to make Haiti Help sites. Every contribution will help that country, which has been devastated by the recent earthquake. Thank you for caring.

By: How Do Donors Make Giving Decisions? « Mission Driven

How Do Donors Make Giving Decisions? « Mission Driven — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:25:55 +0000

[...] individual impact.” Thus far, this and other text campaigns for Haitian relief efforts have raised $11 million. So there is definitely more to the story than the lessons of social psychology…. the [...]

By: colleendilen

colleendilen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:18:54 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Trina!

A text feels like a more urgent way of giving which fits the bill for causes that need immediate action. There have been reports, though, that this kind of giving is not ideal for this kind of crisis, and that some of the money won’t get to Haiti until after cell phone bills are paid (http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2455110) which is the opposite of giving quickly (and makes sense for phone companies; they can only front so much money until they ride a serious risk of those donations not being paid back).

We know people respond to text-based giving, and we know that this kind of giving isn’t optimal in a time of immediate crisis. I hope that we see it move into a mainstream method of giving.

By: Trina Isakson

Trina Isakson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:10:26 +0000

I wonder though the appeal of a text campaign for non-emergencies. Part of the success was because of the timeliness and viral message that was distributed through traditional and non-traditional media.