Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
" Ushahidi has since supported critical information gathering to provide a picture of human needs for many natural disasters, political violence, and human rights violations. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. We can’t only invest in new.
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Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 8, 2011
government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." It’s exciting—and frightening. What is this new network-centric world?
Tech Soup
JUNE 5, 2013
It originally appeared on NetSquared. Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. Open Government Data. 7 Ways Companies Are Using the Government's Open Data.
Tech Soup
APRIL 21, 2016
Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup. Images: Erica Mesker.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 22, 2007
There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. " Michele Martin talks about the barriers to adoption of google tools in government agencies and nonprofits.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 12, 2006
Because the international community and media have failed to respond to this environmental disaster, they are bringing the campaign to the Social Web. Project sunrise, the provincial government led organization (supported by Canadian Urban institute) happened to post their videos and I was given permission to post them in the blog.
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