http://www.netsquared.org/tags/blood share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/cmartin82/ike-slams-us-calling-donors-social-media-tools <p>Our organization has been in an unusual position since Hurricane Ike slammed us a week and some change ago. Houston is just now reverting to normalcy... though a complete recovery is months away, if at all possible. <a href="http://www.giveblood.org" target="_blank">The Blood Center</a> shut down its operations for four days in response to Ike and began collecting again last Tuesday, calling for the public to give blood and replenish the supply.</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/cmartin82/ike-slams-us-calling-donors-social-media-tools">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/cmartin82/ike-slams-us-calling-donors-social-media-tools#comments blood flickr houston Hurricane Ike non-profit Nonprofit npo twitter Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:30:24 -0400 cmartin82 40839 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/thank-your-donor/new-social-portal-blood-donation-thank-your-donor <p>We&#39;ve developed a new social portal that allows blood recipients to say thanks to their unknown donors.  <a href="http://thankyourdonor.ca/">Thank Your Donor</a> gives a chance for people to hear all the positive effects that their blood donations are having. </p> <p>We&#39;re hoping this will encourage more people to donate! </p> <p>Check out one of the videos that a recipient made to say thanks: </p> <p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/thankyourdonor">Youtube Channel</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/thank-your-donor/new-social-portal-blood-donation-thank-your-donor#comments blood design donation donors Nonprofit social activism. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:54:13 -0400 Thank Your Donor 16603 at http://www.netsquared.org