Post by wilkinsontk on Oct 2, 2014 19:14:34 GMT -5
Ty Wilkinson
The American Red Cross is a non-profit that has been around since 1881. Their headquarters is actually right up the road in Washington D.C. The American Red Cross is heavily involved in disaster relief and education. They are the ones who you always see on television handing out food to the recently homeless. They are also known for their collection, processing and distribution of blood. Where the American Red Cross has down well is on facebook. It is easy for them to educate the public by sending out pictures with explanations. They also have many infographics they publish manly talking about their great feats of service in America such as responding to disaster relief. Their facebook page also has something I haven’t seen before, but feel is going to be the future of donating and that is a “Donate Now” page block right on their page. You can pick the amount you want to donate and it goes straight in to asking your form of payment. At some point nearly everyone will have a payment system of their choice set up and be able to easily and effortlessly donate any amount of money to any cause they like. I just hope they know its tax deductible.
The American Red Cross last year starting jumping on the National Preparedness Month campaign. This is an idea that falls right in line with the thoughts of the American Red Cross as they are ones who gives disaster relief. An item they show off a lot is their hand crank radio. This radio allows people to get information while staying safe even if they have no electricity. They do come in handy. National Preparedness Month was not their idea, but it fit their ideals and was able to hop right into it like ALS did with the ice bucket challenge. This led them to be able to educate a larger group of people. While they are doers of good all across the nation it also seems like a big goal of theirs is to educate. Telling you what you should have in an emergency. They make a handful of apps to tell you what to do in each disaster event.
www.votility.com/blog/exemplary-nonprofit-engagement-american-red-cross
nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10291:tweet-freely-your-social-media-policy-and-you&Itemid=336
The American Red Cross is a non-profit that has been around since 1881. Their headquarters is actually right up the road in Washington D.C. The American Red Cross is heavily involved in disaster relief and education. They are the ones who you always see on television handing out food to the recently homeless. They are also known for their collection, processing and distribution of blood. Where the American Red Cross has down well is on facebook. It is easy for them to educate the public by sending out pictures with explanations. They also have many infographics they publish manly talking about their great feats of service in America such as responding to disaster relief. Their facebook page also has something I haven’t seen before, but feel is going to be the future of donating and that is a “Donate Now” page block right on their page. You can pick the amount you want to donate and it goes straight in to asking your form of payment. At some point nearly everyone will have a payment system of their choice set up and be able to easily and effortlessly donate any amount of money to any cause they like. I just hope they know its tax deductible.
The American Red Cross last year starting jumping on the National Preparedness Month campaign. This is an idea that falls right in line with the thoughts of the American Red Cross as they are ones who gives disaster relief. An item they show off a lot is their hand crank radio. This radio allows people to get information while staying safe even if they have no electricity. They do come in handy. National Preparedness Month was not their idea, but it fit their ideals and was able to hop right into it like ALS did with the ice bucket challenge. This led them to be able to educate a larger group of people. While they are doers of good all across the nation it also seems like a big goal of theirs is to educate. Telling you what you should have in an emergency. They make a handful of apps to tell you what to do in each disaster event.
www.votility.com/blog/exemplary-nonprofit-engagement-american-red-cross
nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10291:tweet-freely-your-social-media-policy-and-you&Itemid=336