Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. To supplement this section, we compiled the best disaster preparedness apps from TechSoup donation partners, government agencies, other nonprofits, and more.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

I thought it would be interesting to look at some recent examples of emerging technology for disaster relief in action. Earlier this year, I attended an event organized by the Red Cross to brainstorm and develop ideas surrounding emerging technology and disaster relief. 7 Promising Technologies Identified. 3D printing. Biometrics.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We love how Girls Who Code built an interactive map of the U.S. In a traditional PDF, this would take 5 separate charts and even then we wouldn’t get the same effect of watching this program grow on a national level. National Public Radio (NPR). Donate Life America. Click here to learn more about our Inclusivity Tool!

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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 information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Refuge Restrooms is a web application and a mobile app (Android and iOS) that crowdsources and maps locations of gender-neutral and trans-safe bathrooms. 211 demand is growing 10 percent year over year, according to the founders of Reach , a text-answering app for the national health and human services helpline.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! For example, they partnered with groups like Focus the Nation and 1Sky so that they could share a backend database ensuring that they were then able to share calls to action and garner far more numbers together than as competitors.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I don’t have an identity grounded in an single culture, nation or land. Battery-life permitting, this would mean (albeit at a low resolution) you’d be able save your whole life by dangling your iPhone around your neck and recording every moment. This is often referred to as life caching or lifelogging. Our Stories.

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