NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

Haiti 82

Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe.

NTC 50

NTC Nptech Netsquared Summary 50

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Humaninet is a nonprofit organization that supplies technical equipment and expertise to humanitarian disaster response teams.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

A donor takes action once, by re-tweeting a message and following up with a payment link. I think this tool would be particularly effective following a disaster or other unexpected event - just like the very similar mechanism in text message donations. However, it's quite effective to build a rebroadcast into the giving process.

Social Media 81

Social Media Tools Media Social 81