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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. What’s so important or interesting about this? Examples from Haiti.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. " Today, information is published from the 'bottom up' or from user-generated sources. YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Today, more than 15 years after the creation of Bookshare, we’re now the largest digital library dedicated to serving people with disabilities.

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News Here are the steps for getting coverage of your organization’s work in newspapers, TV news, and digital publications: . A story about your organization’s history, programs, and future goals is unlikely to get picked up by a newspaper, TV station, or digital publication. Step 1: Find Your Story .

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Opposing Salesforce.com attempt to TM "Social Enterprise"

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In addition, we hope to supply the Examiner additional information that may be relevant in reviewing this and similar applications in the future. We sincerely hope that this letter supplied information that the Examiner may also find useful in future consideration of trademarks relating to the term “social enterprise.”

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

With regard to public-facing institutions, there were interesting distinctions drawn about the way libraries and museums provide information. Libraries are in the “just-in-time” information business, set up to help visitors find the specific asset or information sought. Do they need knitting information? Do they want it?

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