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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

Tech Soup

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. 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. Twitter uses hashtags.

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Ushahidi BRCK: Bringing Internet to the Developing World

Tech Soup

It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi'

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The Green Side of Cloud Computing Campaign: Security

Tech Soup

The theme for this week of TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative campaign, The Green Side of Cloud Computing , is security in the cloud. Richard also covers the important area of disaster recovery, a field much talked about in cloud security, which essentially means whether or not your critical data is secure and accessible in an emergency.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Green Technology. It allows charities to get to your applications and files from virtually anywhere there is Internet on many kinds of devices - PCs, Macs, and mobile devices of various kinds. Big Data and the Internet of Things. MIT Technology Review declared 2013 the year of the Internet of Things. Big picure time.

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The Young and Generous: A New Research Report from Network for Good

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from: Just Me Robin Photos "Fried Green Tomatoes anyone?" " My first thought when I opened this email from Katya Andresen , VP Marketing, Network for Good , pointing me to some new research, " The Young and the Generous " (you have to register to download) was about fried green tomatoes.

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Why Your Organization Needs Telecommuting – When the Commuter Train Shuts Down

Tech Soup

The end game is not a one-size-fits-all solution; it is more about facing the reality that without this flexibility, your business and team are vulnerable to disasters like yesterday morning's commute on the Bay Bridge. Obviously not all jobs can be done effectively in a remote work framework. Workplace Evolution.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

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American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) in booth 39. Stop by Booth #75 to visit Little Green Light (online donor management) and drop your business card off to get a chance to win a Flip HD video camera. Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Aqubanc in booth 58.

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