Atlanta Disaster Open Source Organization 
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
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?
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.
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NTEN
JANUARY 27, 2010
A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! " Humaninet has built a variety of mapping applications for use in disaster preparedness and recovery.
NTEN
JANUARY 27, 2010
A wealth of data sources are becoming available online, allowing data from around the world to be mingled, mixed, and mashed up -- and where data does not yet exist, communities are using these new tools to gather it themselves! " Humaninet has built a variety of mapping applications for use in disaster preparedness and recovery.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 16, 2010
Crowdsourcing is defined broadly as: The process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. The results are greater than an individual or organization could accomplish alone. There’s isn’t one best way to do it – and many organizations use a combination of these models to meet their objectives.
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