If not, you can follow the conversation in real time on Twitter with the hashtag #crowdx.  Ushahidi : most recently, Ushahidi adpated it’s platform for use in Haiti and Chili to let the crowd both in Haiti/Chili and outside share information and data in real time via mobiles or a web browser. Crowdsourcing for Social Change. MORE >>

One of the most recent examples I've seen that exemplifies this concept is from the organization Free The Kids that used its influencers earlier this year when the earthquake in Haiti struck. million + Twitter followers. Author: Jordan Viator. There are influencers and evangelists among all social media networks. By using a bit.ly MORE >>

Maybe it’s because I spent so many of the dark hours that followed cut-off from my community – so disconnected from friends & family, on a business trip that mutated into a frantic 2-day race home through the desert Southwest – that I started to consider what it would have been like if we’d had Twitter on 9/11. MORE >>

  Photo from International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region showing the complete devastation of its PROFAMIL Haiti clinic. PROFAMIL Haiti has provided sexual and reproductive health services in Haiti since 1984.    2.  What's MORE >>

All communications were strictly limited to my blog, Twitter and Facebook. Two donors were former colleagues who also have Twitter accounts. counted most on Twitter followers to spread the word. That’s why the Red Cross was so successful with their text message donation campaign during the Haiti crisis. per follower. MORE >>