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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. Examples from Haiti. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing.

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Apps for Disaster Planning

Tech Soup

The Esri ArcGIS app (Windows 8) is useful for organizations that wish to build their own relief-related maps. The app lets you preview different data skews and features from Esri's mapping software. Read about how Pocket First Aid & CPR helped save a life in the Haiti Earthquake of 2010. Other Useful Apps.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . Melissa Eliott was heavily involved in the Haiti relief effort as a volunteer.

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Our EveryAction Hero: World Central Kitchen

Everyaction

World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Since then the organization has grown to work in 10 different countries. After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our founder José felt compelled by the news and flew down. million meals!

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

I was sharing with Steven earlier, you know, we’re working in about 20 different countries and are managing $50 million in development costs. Today, Brian and I really want to take a bit of a different approach. We want to look through a different lens into these campaigns. We know the stress points.

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Nonprofit Technology News for August 2013

Tech Soup

I’ll review some new green IT developments like how nonprofit solar electricity is thriving in Haiti. These services, by-the-way, are different from spam filtering services like Postini , GFI.com, or Spamcop. Green IT: Glad Tidings from Haiti. Sanebox starts at $2 per month per user. Open Data in Africa.

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