Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.

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

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

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. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

It was originally published on NetSquared. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. Data for Public Service Delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

encouraging radio stations to simultaneously air public service advertising in support of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Read more from blogger Kami Huyse (who lives the Houston area), Beth Dunn , Netsquared and the RedCross Blog , The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has issued a roadblock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Kim Lowery also gives us a round up the sessions she attended as well as her Day of Service experience.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app. public libraries to the app. public libraries to the app.

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