NTEN
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
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. YouTube as a political tool. A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content.
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NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
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.
NTEN
MAY 29, 2009
UMapper lets you build applications on top of maps -- like this one where you have to find U.S. states on a topo map. (If 2008 Nonprofit IT Staffing & Spending Report. If you beat 88% accuracy, well, we don't like you any more.) Just think of the nonprofit applications. No, really: think of them, then implement them.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 22, 2009
On the day of the 2008 US elections, the Obama campaign was able to assign trimmed down telecalling lists to volunteers by ticking off the names of the people who had already voted. My Barack Obama leverage some aspects of Collective Intelligence during the 2008 presidential campaign. What About You?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 4, 2008
I suspect that the good folks at SeaChange are busy updated the 2008 the Procrastinators Guide To Year-End Fundraising. Kiva launches a new feature that maps the flow of loans from lenders to borrowers. Jordan Viator, YouTube on a ShoeString and ask the expert at NTEN with Ramya Raghaven from YouTube. Digidave of Spot.Us
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Networked Love, Bonding, Intimacy: Our Interactive Culture Clouds Visual mapping of relationship circles: exploring tools for appropriate social technology in conference cultures where work and pleasure meet. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Bring your yoga mat!
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