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

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. Fundraising.

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Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

As disaster relief organizations scramble to understand the situation on the ground, desperate needs for emergency food, shelter, and medical care go unmet. Instead, what if technology could prevent some of the destruction and improve aid delivery after a disaster? Get Informed and Get Inspired. Collecting and managing data.

South Africa 50

South Africa Disaster Hurricane Pakistan 50

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. The types of cloud-based services that NGOs have at the top of their wish list are file storage and sharing, email, data backup and recovery, office productivity, and online databases.

Survey 61

Survey Global South Africa Results 61