Tech Soup
MAY 4, 2011
The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred 7 weeks and 4 days ago. As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The TechSoup Global Network believes a strong civil society is always important.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Network for Good has a list of relief organizations accepting donations as well. Prepare Your Organization for Any Disaster. Help prepare your organization for any type of disaster with our disaster planning and recovery guide. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. Image: life preserver, dibytes.
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NTEN
MARCH 11, 2011
Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. Just a few short years ago, technology in disaster response was a different animal all together.
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 7, 2011
Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. In the end, it raised over $120,000 from 1500+ donors.
Tech Soup
OCTOBER 10, 2011
During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2012
It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Why be in just one place when we can be in many? That might look like sharing a picture from a concert, while you are still at the concert.
Amy Sample Ward
APRIL 8, 2011
Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. New networks are emerging everywhere.
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