Aggregator Disaster Information Map 
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. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Citizen-Powered Response.
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Geographic Information Systems are powerful tools nonprofits can use to achieve their missions. Beyond just mapping existing data, some GIS systems are working to incorporate ways for mobile smart phone and cell phone users to collect data and update maps. Do you use GIS systems in your work?
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Candid
JULY 27, 2022
When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. When a humanitarian crisis occurs, Candid mobilizes a team to collect information about the philanthropic response. They want to understand, for example, how the crisis is evolving or how many people are affected.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 17, 2011
Guest Beneblog by Patrick Ball, Jeff Klingner, and Kristian Lum After the earthquake in Haiti, Ushahidi organized a centralized text messaging system to allow people to inform others about people trapped under damaged buildings and other humanitarian crises. Kristian Lum has analyzed data from the same sources that the JRC team used.
NTEN
OCTOBER 13, 2010
We set up the home bases, provide mission-related information, and enjoy all the people who come in to play. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . Unfortunately, this isn't Domino's Pizza and disaster response can't work as if it is. Crisis data = people .
NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones.
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Even if you pay only glancing attention to news about technology and social media, you've probably heard something about their uses during disaster response and relief efforts. The ideas and best practices generated in 2007 and beyond got their sternest test to date in the aftermath of the 7.0 read more.
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