Haiti Map Phone System 
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
I have a guest post up on the NTEN blog discussing some of the ways social media was put into action as soon as the earthquakes struck in Haiti: When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. How can we do that?
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Examples from Haiti. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 20, 2010
Geoff Livingston, my colleague at Zoetica, has a post in Mashable today on Five Social Media Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake Relief. He describes how with the widespread adoption of social media in the non-profit sector, people’s ability to act and support communities in need like Haiti has only been increased.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 28, 2011
If decision makers simply had a map, they could have made better decisions more quickly, more accurately, and with less complication than if they had tried to use crowdsourcing. The correlation found in Haiti is an example of a "confounding factor". While this claim is technically correct, it misses the point.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 9, 2011
The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. For others it was not so clear.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 7, 2011
Maps, helicopter overflights, satellite imagery, field reports from first responders, as well as phone calls and SMS messages from the general public. And of course, in a less developed country, there unlikely to be a well-functioning 911 system: SMS may be the best way of signaling a specific need. Delay costs lives.
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