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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. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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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.

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Social Media: You're Probably Doing It Wrong

Care2

About the Presenters: Allyson Kapin – Co-Founder, RAD Campaign Allyson has been named a "Top Tech Titan" by the Washingtonian, one of the Most Influential Women In Tech by Fast Company and one of the top 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter by Forbes for her leadership role in technology and social media.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate. More importantly, the event was one of a series of social media fundraisers that offered evidence that Twitter and other social media tools were not just a passing fad. .