Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If it continues as it has, then I fear that many people will begin to check-out and become numb to our calls to action.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2012

Sure, there are the outliers: people living “off the grid”, whole villages in Africa using solar cookers, but largely, we all sigh and agree that while progress is made toward other forms of energy, coal and oil are in our lives. Invest at a faster rate in the new channels and allow for the learning curves.

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