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What Happens at GEO Doesn’t Stay at GEO (and that’s a good thing)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jennifer and I just happened to be sitting next to one another, but once we started talking, she told me that her foundation was inspired to start a small leadership renewal program after she had learned from my colleague Claire Peeps about Durfee’s sabbatical program at the Pittsburgh conference in 2010.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

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The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content. Why Social Media?

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