Comments on: Mobile donations are making a difference in Haiti http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2010/01/mobile-donations-are-making-a-difference-in-haiti/ At the crossroads of Media, Culture and Technology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: nsiegel922 http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2010/01/mobile-donations-are-making-a-difference-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-4782 nsiegel922 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:35:42 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=4270#comment-4782 I too am impressed with how Americans have embraced mobile donations as a primary resource to provide financial aid during a crisis. In times of crisis, people often feel helpless and look for outlets of ways to assist. Mobile donations offer an easy, seamless way to do so and collectively, as we’ve seen in the case of Haiti, can make a tremendous impact. It does worry me that the turn-around time is so long in actually receiving those funds (it slipped my mind that there would be lag time in receiving payments form the phone carriers). Hopefully, mGive will be successful in expediting this process so that the Red Cross can receive and effectively use these funds in a more timely manner. It’s also amazing to see top US officials supporting mobile donations. Hopefully, their support and validation will set an example (and ease the minds of less tech savvy individuals who might be leery of donating via cell phone). It will be interesting to see how the concept of micropayments becomes more mainstream in other capacities as well. People seem to have less issues with making donations and purchases if the price point is low, and the method of doing so is practically effortless (songs on iTunes, mobile donations, Kindle purchases, etc.) I too am impressed with how Americans have embraced mobile donations as a primary resource to provide financial aid during a crisis. In times of crisis, people often feel helpless and look for outlets of ways to assist. Mobile donations offer an easy, seamless way to do so and collectively, as we’ve seen in the case of Haiti, can make a tremendous impact.

It does worry me that the turn-around time is so long in actually receiving those funds (it slipped my mind that there would be lag time in receiving payments form the phone carriers). Hopefully, mGive will be successful in expediting this process so that the Red Cross can receive and effectively use these funds in a more timely manner.

It’s also amazing to see top US officials supporting mobile donations. Hopefully, their support and validation will set an example (and ease the minds of less tech savvy individuals who might be leery of donating via cell phone).

It will be interesting to see how the concept of micropayments becomes more mainstream in other capacities as well. People seem to have less issues with making donations and purchases if the price point is low, and the method of doing so is practically effortless (songs on iTunes, mobile donations, Kindle purchases, etc.)

]]> By: Giant Cranberry delivers giant service for Haiti | Word Is Born http://flipthemedia.com/index.php/2010/01/mobile-donations-are-making-a-difference-in-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-4538 Giant Cranberry delivers giant service for Haiti | Word Is Born Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:09:53 +0000 http://flipthemedia.com/?p=4270#comment-4538 [...] when I was feeling all good about my $10 donation to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief, David (aka Giant Cranberry) went and one up’d [...] [...] when I was feeling all good about my $10 donation to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief, David (aka Giant Cranberry) went and one up’d [...]

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