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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

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?

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TechSoup Global Cloud Survey Results and Cloud Donations for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Very similar to the NTEN US Nonprofit Cloud Survey findings, we found that 90 percent of our 10,500 respondents worldwide told us they are already using some type of cloud technology and they plan to use more pretty quickly. We got respondents in 88 countries and the project was done in collaboration with 36 partners around the world.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

Tech Soup

A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Some people say that cloud computing can radically change how organizations work and collaborate. Clearing Up the Cloud NTEN recently hosted a day-long cloud computing workshop in San Francisco. Mark your calendar!

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

Tech Soup

A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Some people say that cloud computing can radically change how organizations work and collaborate. Clearing Up the Cloud NTEN recently hosted a day-long cloud computing workshop in San Francisco. Week 3: Security in the Cloud.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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