Disaster Information Mobile Netsquared 
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
This edition of the App It Up project "Cool App Roundup" highlights different ways apps can be used in disaster, crisis, and emergency situations. Preparing for Disaster. The FEMA app includes preparation guidelines for a variety of disasters, including checklists, safety tips, and local shelter maps.
Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Finalists were invited to present in person to the NetSquared community at a one-day conference.
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NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. 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. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 8, 2011
Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. " 6 questions to prepare you for a social media crisis – "In social media, the disasters people talk about most are fundamentally crises of public relations. New networks are emerging everywhere.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
The real-time web is a paradigm based on pushing information to users as soon as it’s available, instead of requiring that they or their software check a source periodically for updates. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. The internet is not new.
Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. 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. I first heard about this from Marnie Webb, who co-founded NetSquared.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 20, 2012
The information about specific products proved most popular, followed by our articles, then the forums and webinars. Fundraising and cloud computing were the hot topics, but respondents were also interested in other topics ranging from volunteer management tools to mobile technology to social media. NetSquared. A Big Thank You.
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