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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

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. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Flickr: Cambodia4Kids (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . aggregates resources in nonprofit technology topics. Congrats, Beth!

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JUNE 19, 2014

I was especially intrigued about this part of the event because, with the help of our friends at LimeRed Studios, NTEN is planning its own Idea Accelerator at the Leading Change Summit this September.) At Givemob, we believe this is because nonprofits are not reaching Millennials where they live - on mobile devices. In the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. In the midst of the viral Text HAITI to 90999 message, we saw the emergence of what we're calling emergency social data, or #crisisdata. Melissa Eliott was heavily involved in the Haiti relief effort as a volunteer.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Within a week came the Katrina People Finder , aggregating data into one central location. Just last year, the Red Cross hosted a summit on emergency social data to explore how aid agencies might use social and mobile tools to better share data. It was amazing, and also amazingly confusing.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Hosted applications and platforms also require equitable access pathways, so while low cost hardware are available, it is broadband and mobile divides that are important. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Cloud computing on a broad scale will also fundamentally change how we work, where we work, and with whom we work.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Hosted applications and platforms also require equitable access pathways, so while low cost hardware are available, it is broadband and mobile divides that are important. CrisisCamps took off after the earthquake in Haiti. Cloud computing on a broad scale will also fundamentally change how we work, where we work, and with whom we work.

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