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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time. In less than an hour after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Ushahidi platform was used to spotlight areas of refuge.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan? What language are you speaking? The same is true for many other languages. Do you ever write a social media update in formal language, the same as you might use in a report or presentation? Trends in technology change quickly. How about Facebook friends in India?

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Designing Interactives for Adults: Put Down the Dayglow

Museum 2.0

There's a huge difference between the edgy, DIY beauty of Candy Chang 's participatory urban artworks and the dayglow colors, exclamatory language , and preschool fonts of most museum interactives. The language of the prompt--and the whole idea of the activity--is adult-oriented. Share your story with other visitors.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons.

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Cybersecurity: What All Nonprofits Need to Know

The Modern Nonprofit

The tools being used to break passwords are becoming more sophisticated and include repositories of dictionary words in multiple languages. If you do find out that your data is compromised, you’ll want to change your password right away. Avoid using dictionary words in your password. But doing so makes your accounts vulnerable!

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So WhatsApp is available in multiple languages. So you can download the app in any language almost. The second step is talk to people in their language. for a while.

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Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Accenture, Sony, and HP, helping leaders and organizations manage change. The women are from all over the world and each faces various challenges like language barriers, cultural differences, being a single parent, and more, yet they continue preserve toward their dreams.

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