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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Nonprofit CRM Trends Plus How to Choose an eCRM - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? Though Id love to direct you to our registration form, its a bit delayed since our head of marketings wife just had their first baby (welcome little Charley!). Copyright © 2008, Care2.com All rights reserved.

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Intuition vs. Data: How VolunteerMatch Uses Data to Change the Way It Makes Strategic Decisions

NTEN

Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. The Bandwagon Effect In 2008, we launched a "single-sign on" method using Facebook Connect that allows our visitors to use their Facebook credentials to log in. As you read it, perhaps you'll begin to spot the biases your team might suffer from.

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