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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

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?

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Disaster Relief Memo to Fundraisers: Lessons for Sandy from Katrina

Tech Soup

Domestic relief organizations of all kinds are no doubt mobilizing to support disaster recovery (read Molly's post 7 Tips for Quick Response During a Time of Need ). What portion of it may be attributed to the disaster-based fundraising? The impact is not only going to be offline. At most, we have warm prospects, not donors.

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The Hack Attack: The First Steps to Take When Your Website is Compromised

Byte Technology

It’s a troubling situation and can border on outright disaster for e-commerce sites that depend on constant up-time to keep their bottom lines happy and healthy. Make a list of all affected and damaged files and determine the hacker’s intent. At this point it’s also important to assess the damage.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

Whether involved in humanitarian response in conflict or disaster situations, development work, human rights, or peace-building, our international nonprofit customers have some of the most complex nonprofit missions on earth. There are offline MFA options for low connectivity areas. This is object, field or file access.

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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. It can be used anywhere, with or without connectivity, from wildlife sanctuaries to disaster relief efforts, to supporting refugees, and more. CO: What makes Grassroots Mobile Survey so innovative?

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Your Nonprofit is Being Hacked Right Now

John Kenyon

Every week I hear from a new nonprofit dealing with disaster from being hacked. Their systems were compromised and all of their servers hard to be taken offline. No email, no file access, no database access, no website access. Cindy Leonard has a good list of posts on the topic on her blog here. For almost two weeks.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Who’s read a blog post about it? It is less about the number of people to retweet or like or blog. Positive reinforcement is one of the best leadership development practices you can build into your movement, whether it’s online or offline, on a facebook page, newsletter, annual fundraiser or neighborhood events. Slacktivism.

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