ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

With charity events, it all comes down to public awareness. Any donations that were dropped off at A Family Storage would then be moved in a Cool Box container up to Hurricane Sandy relief centers. We chose to target users who had liked “Charity”, “Charity Events”, “Non-Profit”, “Hurricane Sandy Relief” and many similar variations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. The report also highlights the deep impact of technology in a wide range of other issue areas, from agriculture to education to the environment. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate. Image: Sonny M.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match. Direct Content.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

I struggled as to what I should write, in this, my last public address. Just as importantly, we built an environment where people could take risks, change roles, and advance their careers. Author: Vinay Bhagat. Today, Friday May 4, 2012, is my last day at Convio. Over the years we faced many highs and lows.

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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. Images: FEMA 15022 / Jocelyn Augustino / CC BY-NC.

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