Week 3 EOC: Making money for good

The for profit company I found was dell. “The American Red Cross and Dell today launched a new Digital Operations Center, the first social media-based operation devoted to humanitarian relief, demonstrating the growing importance of social media in emergency situations. The Red Cross also announced a Digital Volunteer program to help respond to questions from and provide information to the public during disasters.” http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/The-American-Red-Cross-and-Dell-Launch-First-Of-Its-Kind-Social-Media-Digital-Operations-Center-for-Humanitarian-Relief. “For more than a decade, Dell and the American Red Cross have worked tighter to provide Americans affected by disaster with critical resources, including information technology, support services and direct funding for disaster-relief activities through corporate giving and employee giving and volunteerism. Dell provided the Red Cross with the unique consulting expertise, technology solutions and funding to architect and build the new Digital Operations Center and design the Digital Volunteer program.” http://www.redcross.org/ADGP/Dell. “he American Red Cross and Dell are joining forces to show how social media and social data can help solve a broad range of humanitarian issues with the opening of a Digital Operations Center in San Jose, California and a new project to use social data to engage Red Cross blood donors. The Red Cross, in partnership with Dell, is opening its third Digital Operations Center in San Jose, which will continue to build on the organization’s ability to connect with people during disasters. The Red Cross launched its first national Digital Operations Center in Washington, D.C., with Dell in March 2012. The other is in Dallas and recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. This newest center provides another location for additional social monitoring—particularly during large regional disasters. The Red Cross supplies nearly 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply and maintaining a steady supply of donors is vital to supplying the needs of blood recipients nationwide. In addition to the new Digital Operations Center, a new Dell grant and Dell Digital Business Services will help the Red Cross optimize their social presence to attract new blood donors, encourage more blood drives and help existing blood donors to expand their relationship with the Red Cross.” http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/American-Red-Cross-and-Dell-Expand-Partnership.