Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Abuja]([link] in Abuja, Nigeria. * [GroundWork group]([link] in Columbus, Ohio. * [NetSquared Daytona Beach ]([link] in Daytona Beach, Florida. * [Tech4good Las Vegas]([link] in Las Vegas, Nevada. --> --> What have NetSquared groups been up to recently? Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. NetSquared can help!

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. It is part of the AfDB’s ‘ Africa Information Highway ’ initiative, which enabled the introduction of live data links between the AfDB, National Statistical Offices, Central Banks and relevant ministries in all 54 countries. Open Source data NetSquared big data'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2009

We've discussed Ushahidi here before; the project won last year's NetSquared Mashup Challenge. In short, Ushahidi aggregates information from text messages and other media, presenting a clearer picture of a crisis situation as it emerges. read more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. According to him, Markets For Good has a flawed understanding of beneficiaries as primarily consumers of information. He advocates a Feedback Principle of Public Reporting where organizations publish beneficiary feedback so that the information flow is not top down, but instead people centered.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Nonprofit Success Story: Ushahidi, a nonprofit headquartered in Kenya, used Kickstarter to launch production of BRCK, a Wi-Fi router and mobile modem built to withstand the elements. You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). If you don't meet your goal, there are no fees.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. How can we do that? More and more, now we can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" And another disadvantage is that sometimes the best insights are unbloggable, because it is private or sensitive information you don't want to be public. And Netsquared. t have a clue."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. He also refutes claims that Big Data enthusiasts want to get rid of traditional sources of information for disaster response and says that given much of big data is user generated it is difficult to forget the human element. Image: NetSquared. Open Source disaster recovery data big data'

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And also, because I've always been involved with nonprofits, which are about helping other people and trying to make the world a better place, and I've done a lot of career counseling, I'm always trying to give people advice and share information. And it was really easy for me to share that information and link to those places.

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