Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 9, 2011
The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Twitter uses hashtags.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 16, 2010
Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)? Or is it free because it is a start up in search for a business model (Ning)? It’s open source, and out of the box, it does just about everything Ning does, without the need for the deep setup required to set up Drupal like Ning.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
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. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 10, 2008
at 12:02 am Two use cases where I think Twitter makes a lot of sense: 1) disaster and emergency situations and 2) direct action/civil disobedience organizing where distributed and decentralized communications can be very helpful in reacting quickly to new information. I came across your post searching for exactly that sort of wisdom.
Tech Soup
AUGUST 25, 2015
Applying technology to disaster relief has evolved by leaps and bounds since I joined 2,000 people, most of whom I'd never met, to tackle the problem of creating a single searchable database of every person displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the days after the disaster. Technology Challenges in Katrina Disaster Relief.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 13, 2007
Emily Weinberg has some terrific notes from the "Branding Through Websites: Building Your Brand from the First Click" Heather Carpenter summarizes what she learned from the Disaster Planning for Nonprofits session. Google Blog Search. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! More pointers to NTC posts here.
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