Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Ushahidi , winner of the 2008 NetSquared Challenge first attracted widespread attention for their work aggregating and mapping real-time reports from victims and relief workers in the violent aftermath of the 2007 Presidential election (see Ushahidi's legacy page for an archived version of this amazing tool). read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Examples from Haiti. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Happy holidays!

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2010

After all, there's no guarantee that, without our fine cat video curation, you'd always end up with something as funny as " Staticky Cat vs. Balloon ", let alone our most popular link: Yes, gentle readers, it gives us great pleasure to re-present your 2010 "Things We Like" champion: " An Engineer's Guide to Cats ". (We Happy holidays!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

The purpose of the tool was to empower Kenyans to document and report on incidents in real-time, giving the media, governments, and relief organizations a true picture of what was happening on the ground. Usahidi means “bearing witness” in Swahili.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2013

Supporting more than 100,000 nonprofits, Network for Good provides an aggregation of resources including expert communications and fundraising training as well as webinars , e-books , and a wealth of how-to literature on everything nonprofit, all for. When the earthquake struck in Haiti in. Projects do expire with deadlines.

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