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. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. Her selection criteria. Here's here write up on word press. Meanwhile, across the pond, Susie muses about GIMP.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Six Proposals That Impact Civil Society in Africa looked at the six Net2 attributes and africa location. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

This week check out the launch of the new Global Open Data Initiative, the pursuit for the release and use of open data in Latin America and thoughts on open data and democracy in Africa. How open data is transforming democracy in Africa – and the challenges it face s. Image: NetSquared.

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