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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

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. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). Still, understand that the content your nonprofit blog publishes, the higher your ROI.

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From 10-paragraph editorials to 2-paragraph commentaries on breaking news, when you use the ideas given here, you should have no problem publishing the required minimum of one blog post per week (less than that and your blog starts to look abandoned). It’s also good to feature quotes from supporters who attended the event.

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NCVS: Mission-Driven Technology Planning

Tech Soup

Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup." Don't impose your own model for how technology at your organization should look; listen to the organization's performance and learn where the problem spots are.

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NCVS: Mission-Driven Technology Planning

Tech Soup

Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup." Don't impose your own model for how technology at your organization should look; listen to the organization's performance and learn where the problem spots are.

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How To Make A Back Channel Light Up Like Clark Griswald's House

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you didn't have a chance to participate, you'll find the slides, resource materials, and an archived recording over at the webinar wiki. Here's some reflections on the Webinar: Overcoming the Strawberry Jam Problem With Social Design. once and it was disaster, best to use to supplement discussion in between phone calls).

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