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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

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. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

Disaster 206
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TechSoup Global Cloud Survey Results and Cloud Donations for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

It bears mentioning that the executive summary of our findings (in several languages) and full report (in English) are available at no cost to everyone. Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. What Didn't Surprise Me.

Survey 61