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. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

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.

Haiti 82

Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

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. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

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. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

I explained how technology and social media are playing a leading role in innovation in the aid sector and helping to bring relief to earthquake victims in Haiti. The global teams aggregated their projects in a Crisis Commons -- take a look, I think you'll be amazed at the progress they've made.

Haiti 50

Haiti Los Angeles Washington Social Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Jeremiah Owyang's " Why Your Social Media Plan Should Include Success Metrics " post might help nonprofits identify some realistic short-term outcomes for social media implementation. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Her selection criteria.

Summary 50

Summary Nptech Tag Tools 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators.

Summary 50

Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50