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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?

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

Social media posts and account maintenance We’ve noted that organizations should guard their voice online. For fun, have them also prepare a 30 minute presentation for the organization. Index and put these photos in a system like Google Photos or Flickr for the organization to use in the future.

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Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares

Amy Sample Ward

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors. How did you co-created the campaign?

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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response. Description : Social media tools allow for people to connect: broadcasting messages to real time communication, online networking to offline collaboration. Date : February 19th, 2011. Location : San Antonio, TX. Related Links : Conference website.

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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. It can be used anywhere, with or without connectivity, from wildlife sanctuaries to disaster relief efforts, to supporting refugees, and more. TP: It’s the flexibility of use. DV: I agree.

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PhilanthroTech: How Nonprofits Are Using Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They build up an online and offline community, create great projects, and then ask the community to fund them through donations. In November 2012, the giving day platform Razoo partnered with GiveMN, an organization that aims to grow online giving in Minnesota, to break a world record by raising $16.3 Add your comments below.

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What 1.9 Million Donors Can Tell Us About Fundraising on the Web: A Cliff Notes Tour of The Online Giving Study

NTEN

Any giving that took place on sites that do not use the Network for Good platform or that were made offline are not included. People who give online are no different from other donors in that they expect a relationship -- not simply a transaction -- with the organization they support. The Red Cross typically dominates disaster giving.

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