Remove Digital Remove Map Remove Tech Remove Wikipedia
article thumbnail

Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

Disaster 206
article thumbnail

Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

The people at AidData (a program of Development Gateway ) have teamed up with the World Bank Institute to complete the first stage of a groundbreaking geocoding project (Mapping for Results Initiative). This particular geocoding project identifies and records the location of specific aid activity at the subnational level.

Map 62
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A search engine that “knows millions of things&# about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.&# Subscribe :: Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

Fun 230
article thumbnail

Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Victoria, Canada: Growing Your Digital Fundraising — E-Blasting 101. The power of wikipedia to drive traffic to your nonprofit was the subject of Kate Bladow ’s recent event report from Baltimore. August’s NetSquared Events. Tuesday, August 13.

Group 54
article thumbnail

33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

Fun 274
article thumbnail

Things We Like (October 2011)

NTEN

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. We've also got some more great resources on our blog – on how to tell stories with maps , video , even paid advertising ! Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. Digital storytelling potential a-plenty there.

article thumbnail

…Who Knows *What* About Me?! Four Tools that Show You How You’re Tracked Online

Tech Soup

In an effort to understand where our information is going and what kind of a “digital shadow” we cast, I checked out a few easy-to-use tools to better see who’s seeing me. Casting Digital Shadows: What Is It, Really, and Remind Me Why I Care? instructions for exploring your digital footprint.

Track 55