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.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

VisionLink

AUGUST 25, 2011

Preparing for Hurricane Irene? Be sure to keep up to date with Disaster Shelter information from the American Red Cross. The application is free; it maps information about open shelters, and provides information about location, capacity and more very useful to those near the disaster area.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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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 .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

This post summarizes some of the insights related to the effective use of networks and data in healthcare information and patient advocacy. When you go online to find medical information, you find information that falls into one of three categories: scientific, practical/useful, or “snake oil.” There is more to come.

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Social Media Network Data Media 50

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . The organization works to provide donors and the charities they love with tools, ratings, and information needed for informed decisions and investments . World Central Kitchen. Michael Thatcher. President and CEO.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it. Many of these people told us this was the first financial help they received.”

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Advice Tech Sharepoint Grant 75