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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. To encourage all interested people to understand and analyze energy systems and their impacts on the environment. *

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. To encourage all interested people to understand and analyze energy systems and their impacts on the environment. *

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What’s Missing from Your Ecosystem?

NetWits

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. “An An [ecological] community together with its environment,functioning as a unit.”. Teaming up with a local nonprofit to map out a historic walk. What’s an Ecosystem?

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Things We Like (October 2011)

NTEN

We've also got some more great resources on our blog – on how to tell stories with maps , video , even paid advertising ! Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. that our moods are driven in part by a shared underlying biological rhythm that transcends culture and environment." Lots of seconds.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Map your network. Once you know the business goals you are trying to achieve, map your network. Mapping your whole network is important. Hire diverse staff!

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Guest Post by Angus Parker: Review and Book Giveaway - The New Community Rules by Tamar Weinberg

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Second, she goes into a lot of details on what she calls 'Informational Social Networks' like Wikipedia , Mahalo Answers , and Yahoo Answers which get a lot of traffic and can generate significant ongoing referrals. WiserEarth, for example, would fit into that category. WiserEarth serves the people who are transforming the world.

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