I agree they're likely overwhelmed, Anne. I've also spoken to some developer friends who can help out with the back end. I'd like to take as much of the burden off of their shoulders as possible.
Hugh Griffith User Interface Designer On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Anne Hjortshoj <anne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great idea, but I guess I would have to ask if anyone at these > organizations even has time to manage and implement a new form on > their sites at a time like this. I imagine that they're completely > overwhelmed by this crisis. > > I agree that the "interfaceless" option is probably the best under the > circumstances. > > Has anyone considered helping orgs that don't have mobile giving? > Partners in Health is a great organization that has been involved in > helping Haiti for the last 20 years, has people and hospitals on the > ground right now, and yet they don't seem to have donations-by-texting > in place. It would be great if someone would help them (and > organizations like them) have the same access to this sort of thing as > the Red Cross seems to have. > > Just thinking of the shortest distance between two points. > > 2cents, > > -Anne > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Elizabeth Peterson > <epeter...@iconnicholson.com> wrote: > > Really cool. > > noble > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: new-boun...@ixda.org [mailto:new-boun...@ixda.org] On Behalf Of > > Hugh Griffith > > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 4:25 AM > > To: disc...@ixda.org > > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] The Red Cross donation form > > > > After recently talking with my wife about making a donation to the Red > > Cross > > (to support the Haiti recovery effort), I went and had a look at their > > donation form. All in all it's pretty weak. Which is unfortunate given > > how > > important their organization is. I don't think it's so bad that people > > would > > abandon donating, but I think we'd all agree there's a lot of room for > > improvement. > > > > Anyhow, I was thinking we as an organization could lend our support and > > offer to improve it. Personally I would be thrilled to donate my time. > > > > Does anyone happen to know any of the big wigs over there? > > > > Hugh Griffith > > User Interface Designer > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48363 > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > Anne Hjortshoj | anne...@gmail.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
