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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Fundraising.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. David Wilcox has been doing a lot of thinking about re-inventing membership organizations or associations given that one can connect and meet people who share their interests online more easily with social media tools. Here's here write up on word press.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

TechNow connects you with the resources, information and people your nonprofit needs to succeed! Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. Meaning is the annual gathering for people who believe business can and must be a force for positive change in our dynamic and volatile world. South Africa / $250.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

Have Fun - Do Good

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008. Many, many of these people are actually living on more like 15, 20 cents a day. Britt Bravo:What is KickStart doing?

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Guest Post by Tom Dawkins: Ashoka’s use of Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Building an Everyone a Changemaker™ world is a very different mission from simply looking for the world’s elite social entrepreneurs, it involves using the stories and examples of these entrepreneurs to inspire people to action, sharing lessons learned across our networks and opening up the innovation process to more people.

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