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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

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. 100% of donations went directly to disaster relief. How can we do that?

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. " 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.

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Only 3 Days Left: SXSW Interactive Scholarship Program for Nonprofits

NetWits

All ideas will be assembled and shared in a public idea packet once the winners are announced. Generate interest in your organization’s social issue agenda in the absence of a “media worthy” disaster. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward. You only need an idea – even if you don’t know the technical solution for implementing.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

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 a product.

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Data Digest: Global Open Data Initiative, OpenData Latinoamérica, Big Data for Disaster Response

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. They are building a centralized site to store and share Latin American public data. Big Data for Disaster Response: A List of Wrong Assumptions. Image: NetSquared. Open Source disaster recovery data big data' Their network will help with trouble shooting and data training.