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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. Partner locations are easy to find using our search and mapping features (PC or Smartphone) or by downloading ‘TapIt Water’ from the iPhone App store. What is Blog Action Day?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! Web searches dont turn up much for this specific organization.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing.

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Things We Like (November 2008)

NTEN

Read more posts on our blog. Ushahidi gathers crisis reports from mobile sources, then maps the data. Walk Score rates your neighborhood's walkability and maps just about everything of interest near you, from bookstores to bars. Google.org has developed a way to track flu outbreaks based on aggregated search data.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008.

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Mapping Your Nonprofit: An Intro to GIS - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend. Vist the Program Locator section of the Tutor/Mentor Connection at [link] and you can see examples of how maps can be used to focus volunteers and donors on all of the neighborhoods of a city that need a particular non profit service.

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Mapping Your Nonprofit: An Intro to GIS - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

I youve ever wondered how mapping can help your nonprofit, this is THE webinar to attend. Vist the Program Locator section of the Tutor/Mentor Connection at [link] and you can see examples of how maps can be used to focus volunteers and donors on all of the neighborhoods of a city that need a particular non profit service.

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